5 Stocks to Buy in January
| | | Wall Street enjoyed a rollicking 2019, but investors' rides might get bumpier in 2020. Whether the year ahead proves turbulent or terrific, our analysts have found five stocks they believe are worth buying and holding for the long haul: - A social media site that actually makes people feel good about themselves? That doesn't seem right - and indeed, this popular online destination has sputtered and sunk since its IPO like a pinpricked balloon. Yet its sunny vibe remains attractive to users and advertisers alike. Customers are joining in impressive numbers, but this company still has tons of room for growth on its vision board, giving you a chance to buy in at a bargain price.
- A powerful new drug to fight the causes of the deadly disease cystic fibrosis - instead of just improving its symptoms - marks just one reason to look closer at this bounteous biotech. Stacks of cash, a packed pipeline, and plentiful profits suggest this company could remain healthy for years to come.
- You've probably heard of the Internet of Things, but you likely haven't heard about this terrific tech stock, which uses the IoT to build products and solutions that make businesses more effective and efficient. Trade disputes battered the company in 2019, but its reduced reliance on China for manufacturing leaves it on surer footing - right as one of its biggest customers prepares for a major upgrade cycle.
- No matter how hard it pedals, this trendy exercise company can't quite overtake its IPO price thus far. But despite what its ads might have inadvertently suggested, customers actually seem to love the company's pricey, people-powered products. And while the share price may not be growing yet, revenue and subscribers definitely are.
- Oil prices rose in 2019, but oil stocks mostly didn't. This pipeline player took its lumps last year, but its business got better and better even as its share price sank. That's left this midstream marvel trading at absurdly cheap prices, with a dividend that somehow manages to be impressively high, yet fully covered by the company's copious cash flow.
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1 Marijuana Stock That Soared in 2019 While Others Crashed Investors largely puff, puff, passed on cannabis stocks in 2019, as high hopes for the market in Canada and the U.S. crashed into sober realities. While so many of its fellow pot players' shares went up in smoke, how did Innovative Industrial Properties (NYSE:IIPR) end the year up 67% instead? By not growing, processing, or selling marijuana at all. Instead, IIP owns the valuable real estate that pot companies need to do their business. If it's not charging them rent, it's buying their properties, leasing those properties right back to the previous owners, and then charging them rent. The original owners get cash to fund their operations, and IIP gets a steady income stream. But while the company's feeling groovy right now, more than a few lurking factors could harsh its buzz in the future. To see what might bring IIP down - and how the company could avoid those pot pitfalls - read the rest.
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Will You Waste $1,860 This Year? This is it. This is the year you finally do it. This year, at last, you're going to join a gym. If you actually follow through on that resolution, great! Exercise can help you feel better and live longer. But the average American spends $1,860 a year on health and fitness, including gym memberships - and too many Americans join gyms, but never actually, you know, go to them. When 69% of the country reports less than $1,000 in personal savings, and 45% say that have zero dollars in their savings account, spending all of that cash for nothing seems like an even bigger waste. Before you shell out tall dollars for a membership you will guiltily proceed to ignore for the next 12 months, think twice. To see our list of thriftier alternatives for getting in shape, and learn how to decide whether splashing out on a gym membership will give you the most bang for your buck, read the rest.
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