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Today I’m leaning back toward the low-risk end of the spectrum with a recommendation of a stock that is a potential takeover candidate; I think you’ll like the story.

The market is getting stronger and higher-growth names are leading the charge.

This month we dig into an overlooked company with a global payments platform that’s helping solve digital payment challenges in complex industries.



Growth is expected to be over 30% for a number of years, and the stock is acting well.



Enjoy!

This week the Fed left interests rates again unchanged and Super Micro Computer (SMCI) became part of the S&P 500 index. An announcement of a two million convertible shares offering by Super Micro led to a pullback in the stock though long term, it’s smart to raise capital after the sharp rise in the share price.

Elsewhere, Washington is fixated on the potential push to force a change in the ownership of TikTok while China, as strongly expected, objects. This is a bit ironic since X, Instagram, Facebook, and Google aren’t available to Chinese citizens.

Markets seemed to rotate and flatten this week, and the Explorer portfolio was relatively steady as well. The Federal Reserve pledged to keep its spigot open by continuing to buy $120 billion per month of Treasury debt and mortgage-backed securities and hold short-term interest rates near zero through 2023. This is encouraging to markets but unnerves me a bit as we already seem awash in liquidity.

In our new recommendation today, we explore a new technology that could shift the electric vehicle market into another gear.

While emerging markets stocks have been mostly going sideways, there are always opportunities to find stocks on the upswing or high quality companies that have pulled back but present “catch up” potential.

Our new recommendation is from the latter group and is a name most members will know well.

The market remains under pressure in the short-term, for all the well-publicized reasons, but long-term, the market trend remains up, and many of our stocks are acting well. Today’s recommendation is a repeat, a stock we made money in last year that subsequently had a big correction and is now ready to run again. And it’s got a great story, too!

Markets, led by Nasdaq’s leading companies, had an impressive winning streak broken by concerns over an acceleration of coronavirus cases. Our Emerging Markets signal (EEM) stays positive as the virus is being handled well in Asia outside of China but is exploding in Latin America. The Explorer portfolio is well positioned with cash to deploy and stocks holding up well.

Today, we’ll look inside the indexes to see what’s working and also explore what more participation by individual investors in 2020 might mean for markets. Then we move north to Canada for a promising new recommendation that has all the characteristics of a winning gold stock.

I don’t need a crystal ball to know that people will want to find out which hot technology stock I am recommending. But first, a glimpse into the future.

You may not like cannabis, but you can profit from its incredible boom by investing in the best cannabis stock to buy today.

Artificial intelligence is one of the fastest-growing markets in the world, and artificial intelligence stocks have benefitted.

Number six in our 10-part series on the best forever stocks in 2018 is GrubHub (GRUB), a pioneer in the online and mobile food ordering industry.

Many Americans are passing the time in quarantine by playing video games. As a result, gaming stocks are on fire. Here are three you can buy on dips.

The best mid-cap stocks to buy now share similar traits: good business models and reliable sales and earnings growth. Here are three that come to mind.

Uber has already disrupted the taxi industry in 37 countries. Is Uber a good investment?

A good party stock needs a couple of things: First, it needs a convenient comparative nickname.

The investment opportunities in the sharing economy trend are still few, but there is one stock that looks great.

As an investor, it’s important to remember that the economy is not the same thing as the stock market, and vice versa.

Last year’s stock market produced an investor’s dream. It climbed steadily almost every week of the year.

The past week brought a small flood of questions from readers asking how to handle the market’s recent drop.