Mid-cap stocks have the best odds of scaling into $100 billion corporations thanks to their tested business models and large addressable markets. But the many opportunities in front of them attract significant competition, spanning from industry behemoths with seemingly infinite resources to small, nimble players with chips on their shoulders.
Railway infrastructure company L.B. Foster (NASDAQ:FSTR) fell short of the market’s revenue expectations in Q4 CY2024, with sales falling 5% year on year to $128.2 million. The company’s full-year revenue guidance of $560 million at the midpoint came in 2.1% below analysts’ estimates. Its GAAP loss of $0.02 per share was significantly below analysts’ consensus estimates.
The IMF said bitcoin usage remains marginal in El Salvador, with minimal circulation as a payment method due to its high price volatility and low public trust.
Stocks trading between $10 and $50 can be particularly interesting as they frequently represent businesses that have survived their early challenges. However, investors should remain vigilant as some may still have unproven business models, leaving them vulnerable to the ebbs and flows of the broader market.
Small-cap stocks can be incredibly lucrative investments because their lack of analyst coverage leads to frequent mispricings. However, these businesses (and their stock prices) often stay small because their subscale operations make it harder to expand their competitive moats.
Consumer discretionary businesses are levered to the highs and lows of economic cycles. This sensitive demand profile can lead to some stock price volatility, but over the past six months, the industry has stayed on track as its 4% return was close to the S&P 500’s.
Growth is oxygen. But when it evaporates, the consequences can be extreme - ask anyone who bought Cisco in the Dot-Com Bubble (Nvidia?) or newer investors who lived through the 2020 to 2022 COVID cycle.
The billionaire, a well-known bitcoin proponent, added he holds no bonds or stocks except for his own company shares.
Turkey's economic woes have buoyed crypto adoption in recent years as users have turned to cryptocurrency as a lifeline against double-digit inflation
It should be easy to leave your bitcoin behind, without compromising security while you’re alive.
