Stocks to sell

Retail stocks continue to underperform. Year to date (YTD), the S&P Retail Select Industry Index is up 0.35% compared to a 7% gain in the benchmark S&P 500 index. Over the past 12 months, the S&P retail index has risen 7% versus a 27% increase in the S&P 500. The main reason for the poor

Social media stocks can come and go just as fast as the memes their platforms support. While the early days of social media stocks provided potential for huge growth akin to the dot-com bubble, many of these publicly traded companies are now faltering thanks to expanded regulatory action, increased competition and dwindling customer demand. The

While the rest of the stock market endured a bear mauling in 2022, energy sectors became the best-performing asset class that year. My how things have changed. Today, oil prices are hovering around $80 a barrel and energy producers are marking down their profits. At the same time, concerns about slumping demand and the global

Though small-cap stocks tend to outperform large-caps as a collective investment class, that truism hides a key risk when investing in small-cap stocks. There’s little barrier to entry, practically speaking, to public listing (and the few barriers are easily avoided, as in the case of SPAC mergers). This means that companies with limited prospects or

As you may recall from my past coverage of Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ:RIVN), I’ve been bearish about this early-stage electric vehicle stock. However, following the EV maker’s latest quarterly earnings release, my RIVN stock analysis has become even more downbeat. Why? Admittedly, Rivian remains in a much better position than other high-profile EV upstarts. For instance,

With the stock market reaching new record highs, the list of stocks to sell grows. Driven in part by expectations around artificial intelligence (AI) developments, several companies have become significantly overextended relative to their underlying financial performance. While broader economic and monetary conditions support ongoing gains across indices, not all firms will be wise long-term

If you invest in the stock market long enough, you will get burned by a position. The investment thesis can change over time and cracks can appear in a growth narrative. Investors can choose from many stocks, but it is important to assess which companies offer reasonable margins of safety and promising long-term prospects. Some

Hindenburg Research may be the most famous activist short-selling investment research firm in recent history. Where many short sellers run their due diligence, develop a trade thesis and execute behind the scenes, Hindenburg is happy to bring ts research to wider market attention. Hindenburg was instrumental in highlighting Nikola’s (NASDAQ:NKLA) blatant fraud and Adani Group’s

If you’re tempted to invest in electric vehicle manufacturer Lucid Group (NASDAQ:LCID), you’d better do your research on the company first. You’ll find out that Lucid Group only delivered 6,001 vehicles in 2023, and that Lucid is a consistently unprofitable startup business. Our LCID stock analysis advises caution and recommends against buying shares currently. Bear in mind, this is a time to

The EV sector is full of excellent and innovative companies, but Nio (NYSE:NIO) is one of the only large-cap players that’s provided investors with the jitters. Indeed, Nio was recently put into the S&P 500’s list of underperforming stocks, given the stock’s steep decline in January. This is the start of this NIO stock analysis.

A dozen years ago, Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) CEO Mark Zuckerberg made business history by betting Facebook on open source clouds, and META stock benefitted. Facebook was just coming public, its market cap an “astounding” $104 billion. It had revenue of $3.71 billion the year before but just $1 billion in operating cash flow. The cost

In 2023, cryptocurrencies saw remarkable growth, with Bitcoin (BTC-USD) and Ethereum (ETH-USD) surging more than 155% and 90%, respectively. Several top 100 tokens surged up to 9600%, with many of the most prominent layer-1 blockchains seeing impressive upside (and I’ll get to those shortly). Despite the staggering gains in many top cryptocurrencies, risks abound. We

Both Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) stock and Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) have each hit their respective highs in the past year with AMD being up 115% and NVDA 236% over the past year. This has been to due the massive innovation taking place over the past year with the growth of AI.  However, AMD stock does not

Steel prices are trading under pressure in 2024 with VanEck Steel ETF (NYSEARCA:SLX) down about 4% year-to-date. This has promoted commodity investors to draw a list of stocks to avoid in this space.  The latest data shows that China’s crude steel output remained unchanged in 2023 compared to the previous year, marking a stabilization after

Sometimes trying to earn high returns through high-yield stocks can be like trying to pick up pennies in front of a steamroller, and that’s the situation here with many of the dividend stocks to sell. Sure, in the near-term you are collecting a large, steady return from such investments. However, the elevated risk of capital

After QuantumScape (NYSE:QS) pulled back the veil on its Q4 earnings, shares saw a 5% dip in after-hours trade on Valentine’s February 14. It showed the face of its 2024 objectives while making a slightly better-than-expected loss per share of 23 cents. It didn’t bring in as much money as expected. Read this QS stock

Going against a trend and shorting hot stocks doesn’t usually work out well. As the saying goes, the market can remain irrational longer than you can stay solvent. For months (it feels like years, though), bears have been calling for an imminent Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) crash. But, on the contrary, shares kept climbing and knocked many

The unpredictability of the biotech sector, highlights the inherent risks involved in certain biotech stocks to sell. 2023 was a rough year for the market, marked by a 10% plunge in the SPDR S&P Biotech ETF (XBI), alongside widespread layoffs and fundraising challenges. Moreover, despite forecasts pointing to a potential rebound in 2024, the biotech

To be completely upfront, stocks to sell represent a terribly unpopular subject for obvious reasons. Still, I hope you’ll extend me some rope so that I can make my case. Each of the companies you see appear on this list for the following main reasons: They all skyrocketed sharply this year. Worse yet, they feature

Many investors turn to the S&P 500 for a diversified portfolio of profitable companies. This index does most of the work for you and gives you exposure to some of the top companies. However, this index contains 500 stocks and a few of them are bound to generate bad returns for long-term investors. Stocks get filtered out