Virtual Events in the Metaverse

While the Metaverse megatrend is looking promising in 2024, the collapse in metaverse investments prices in 2021 and 2022 caused at least three metaverse themed ETFs to liquidate.

Microsoft is an amazing stock for new investors to try. The company has evolved, acquired, and developed a multifaceted set of businesses that are fundamentally driving growth. But for new investors, the barrier to entry is mindset.

The stock’s intrinsic value clearly shows the cyclicality of the farming industry, independent of AGCO’s own analysis. Agco’s analysis also takes into account the farming industry cyclicality.

Littelfuse (LFUS) is a component manufacturer currently near a $6 Billion market capitalization. This makes it a small-cap stock, with the potential for further growth in its market segments or to be bought out by a competitor.

Dover Corporation is a strong investment candidate thanks to its consistent dividend growth, its robust financial performance, and strong capital implementation plan. This stock fits into a strong dividend portfolio well that plans on holding onto stocks for multiple years.

BorgWarner fell below $30 today, making it an interesting buy opportunity. The reasons are quite straightforward. The company’s book value per share is $25.36 a share. This means that as long as money continues to be made, BorgWarner becomes undervalued if it nears its book value per share.

Union Pacific is not a buy to start off 2024. Union Pacific is a fine business. There are issues but nothing that is significant enough to believe the company’s intrinsic value will shrink in the next decade.

Dividend investing happens, whether the stock market is up or down, whether the fed raises interest rates or lowers. Inflation or deflation. Banks are failing or being bailed out. Recession, no recession. It’s all about buying dividend income producing stocks – the best source of passive income source on your journey to financial freedom!

With a new trading year already in full swing it is time, once again, to highlight some of my potential stock purchases for the month.

It’s truly amazing how far AI has come in such a short period. Not only can it answer most questions, but it can also generate online posts, research papers, and even poetry. However, it still has its limitations.

I've managed to beat the market by an average of 3.7% per year over the past 10 years. Since I began using this list with clients in 2000, I’ve beaten the market by an average of 9.1% per year.

Overall, long-term dividend investing in individual dividend stocks can be a reliable and potentially lucrative way to build wealth and generate passive income over the long term

First, save money to invest. That is: don’t spend everything that you make. Next, invest consistently in a reasonable way. That’s it! That’s all it takes to be an excellent DIY investor!

International Business Machines (IBM) is a stock investors love to hate. But after years of underperformance, the share price has recovered to levels last seen in early 2017.

Thermo Fisher’s share price can be volatile. Just before Christmas 2021, for example, TMO’s share traded above $660. At the beginning of March 2022, however, the share price had plummeted to ~$530.

As Western Alliance has dropped from the headlines, the company’s stock has begun to rebound. The stock received a bump after each earnings announcement by reporting the “business as usual”. As we will see, if Western Alliance can continue business as usual, the bank may be a fantastic investment opportunity.

Southern Company’s price target is neutral at $70. Expect the utility’s price volatility to peak at plus or minus 20% from this price target but not improving too far past this price point for the next few years.

Atkore is an intriguing stock to analyze. It is well liked by institutional investors and value investors due to its high return on equity and consistent earnings growth.

AEP is overvalued when above $98 and undervalued at $79. At its current price of around $74, the company is likely to be undervalued with an estimated two-year return of 21%.

JPM is a buy as of Q3 2023. The estimated 2-year return from the recent price is 21.8%. The stock is estimated to be undervalued at $130 and overvalued at $190.