How do you spot stocks that are most likely to explode in value?
Many experts will tell you to focus on earnings growth. If their earnings are growing now and have been growing for a while, the chances are that the company will continue to grow moving forward…
But that is only one part of the equation.
Focusing on earnings growth will give you a measure of a good company, but it won't spot industries that are set to explode.
Now, investing in any company in a booming industry won't get you very far.
You have to make sure you invest in the right company when looking for the next big thing…
With that in mind, we've discovered five stocks that are ready to take over five crucial technology industries…
Unusual Passive Income Investment (Found on a Golf Course)
This story is crazy…
On a golf course in Nebraska, one man got an investing tip from a friend.
He told him about an unusual investment that wasn't your run-of-the-mill stock, bond, or even private investment.
Instead, it was an little-known income stream that few people tap into… despite the huge profit potential.
This man acted on his friends' advice and invested a tiny amount – just $1,000.
But this $1,000 turned into a decades-long passive income stream that reached $100,000-per-year!
My colleague Marc Lichtenfeld dug into this story, and you'll be shocked to find out what he uncovered.
5.) Cocrystal Pharma Inc. (COCP)
Billionaire Investor: Steve Cohen
Steve Cohen, the legendary billionaire stock picker known for delivering huge returns for his clients at SAC Capital – one of the most successful hedge funds ever – is at it again.
But this time, he's doing it with his new company Point72 Asset Management – which manages $17.2 billion for high-net-worth individuals.
Even if us normal folks can’t invest in the Point72 fund itself, we can still copy Cohen’s trades…
You see, Point72 is required to disclose all its holding publicly every quarter.
And last quarter, Cohen’s firm revealed a new position in one penny stock that caught my eye.
Cocrystal Pharma is a clinical stage biotechnology company discovering and developing novel antiviral therapeutics that target the replication machinery of influenza viruses, hepatitis C viruses, and noroviruses.
The company employs structure-based technologies and Nobel Prize-winning expertise to create first-and best-in-class antiviral drugs.
COCP is currently developing an oral broad-spectrum replication inhibitor called a non-nucleoside inhibitor – which is currently being evaluated in a Phase 2a study for the treatment of hepatitis C as part of an ultra-short therapy of four to six weeks.
Now if you don't know what any of that means, it doesn't matter. All you need to know is that it's huge for the treatment of some of the world's most-killer diseases… and potentially for investors too.
If those Phase 2 trials turn out successful and the company moves on to Phase 3, the stock should get a boost. And if Phase 3 is successful, the stock could soar.
Cocrystal Pharma is one of the more interesting penny stocks to watch for potentially huge gains this year.
4.) “Genesis Technology” (AKA Blockchain) Stock: Square Inc. (SQ)
Since its inception in 2009, Square has made commerce easy with their in-store credit card readers. And it makes the economy more inclusive for everyone with its in-house payments and investing platform, the Cash App – introduced in 2015.
Cash App is one of the fastest growing digital wallets in the U.S. In just two years, from 2018 to 2022, monthly active users nearly tripled from 15 million to 44 million. And it also acts a commission free brokerage platform for trading full or fractional shares of stocks and Bitcoin.
If you can’t afford to buy one share of Berkshire Hathaway or one full Bitcoin, then you can use the Cash App to buy as little as $1 worth at a time – completely for free.
Cash App makes money by charging businesses to use their application and individual users transaction fees to access additional services. And last year, Cash App's revenue jumped 108% year-over-year from $5.9 billion to $12.3 billion.
The fundamentals with Square are strong as analysts are expecting Cash App users to reach 55-60 million by next year.
When you combine that with the stock's current valuation, it's fair to expect a substantial increase this year.
3.) Red-Hot Gaming Stock: Penn National Gambling (PENN)
Billionaire Investor: Stan Druckenmiller
Penn National Gaming (NASDAQ: PENN) is an American casino and racetrack operator based in Pennsylvania.
CEO Jay Snowden recently told CNBC that the company is beginning to see an uptick in visitors to its casinos. The CEO also said the company’s recent volumes and revenues surged to their highest levels in years.
Snowden said people are spending more per visit and that visitations were quickly trending closer to pre-pandemic levels.
But these aren’t the only tailwinds for the company…
States across the U.S. are legalizing sports gambling at a rapid pace.
This resulted in a flood of people using online apps from casino operators to bet on their favorite sports teams. In an effort to weather the pandemic, as well as take advantage of this trend, PENN launched its own digital gambling services.
But in January 2020, PENN made a major announcement on this front. The company partnered with Dave Portnoy’s Barstool Sports (buying 36% of the business for $163 million) to tie in the Barstool Sportsbook app into its own services in Pennsylvania and Michigan.
PENN has launched the app in both of these states already. And it's also already available in New Jersey, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Tennessee, Arizona, Louisiana, West Virginia, and Virginia. It's only a matter of time before it's open in all 50 states…
So, with an expanding digital footprint and growing consumer traffic, the company should continue seeing solid growth throughout this year and beyond.
At current levels, the stock should be seen as a “buy.”
2.) Robotics Stock: ABB Ltd (ABB)
Robotics stocks offer an attractive source of opportunities for growth investors. The long-term potential of the industry is obvious, and adoption should only accelerate amid the novel coronavirus.
Since its inception in 1987, ABB Ltd (NYSE: ABB) has been an industry leader in the robotics field.
ABB is committed to helping the industry grow through the usage of its automated robotics line.
In fact, it’s the number-two automated robotic arm supplier in the world.
In automation, ABB offers a full suite of products that help its clients build everything from ventilators to cars on an assembly line with robots.
Even in the earliest days of ABB, the technology it created generated enormous rewards for visionaries who were quick to switch from costly and unpredictable manual labor automation to more predictable and cost-effective robotic assembly line automation.
The company’s line of automatic spot-welding robots designed and installed in various US car manufacturing factories in the early 90’s helped the industry boom here in the states and allowed early investors to quickly generate a strong return on investment.
Back then, it would take a day or two to assemble an entire car with human manual labor. But it would only take hours with the help of ABB’s robotic arms.
Fast forward to today, with major advances in the company’s technology over the last three decades, and ABB is working on a project to assemble an entire car in 46 seconds with its proprietary automated robotic arms.
ABB has expanded its business rapidly over the years. Today, its products are in over 50 countries with more than 400,000 robots installed globally.
And there’s good reason to believe it’s only going to continue growing as more companies see the benefit of using robots over humans to create their products…
You see, ABB plans for major expansions in the near future, especially in the Asian market – which is widely expected to be the No. 1 robotics market over the next decade.
ABB understands that the “factory of the future” is actually possibly with today’s technology. And I think it will dominate the robotics industry for years to come.
Most importantly, the stock is currently priced for you to reap the benefits from a long-term investment starting today.
1.) Patent-Hoarding Company Holds Tech Industry HOSTAGE With $4 SuperStock
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Most companies file for a patent and wait years to proceed with business…
But not these guys.
In fact, they own exactly 45,599 global patents…
And now EVERY major tech company is forced to do business with them.
The crazy thing is…
Their stock is trading for only $4 a share going into this year…
And almost NOBODY knows how to invest in it because it trades under a secret name.
This information wasn't supposed to get out.
These guys are set to make a huge deal with Apple…
And it's only a matter of time before word gets out and people start jumping on the bandwagon.
Click Here to See Why One Market Expert is Calling This a “Single-Stock Retirement Play.”
Apple to shock world with one last tech marvel from Steve Jobs?
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Before Steve Jobs died…
He actually left behind one more radical idea for Apple.
An idea so big and so novel, it could completely change the way we see Apple as a company forever.
For over 7 months, my team and I have been piecing together the breadcrumbs… clues left in plain sight…
And our research indicates that this last technological marvel from the mind of Steve Jobs…
Could be 10X bigger than the iPad… the MacBook… and the iPhone… COMBINED.
In fact, it stands at the center of an emerging industry Bloomberg forecasts will grow as much as 19,254% in the coming years!
Early investors could make a fortune if they know where to position themselves…
And I've discovered a potential backdoor Apple play my research shows could 40X your money once this device goes live…
The best part is all you need is $5 to position yourself TODAY!
