It’s no secret that COVID-19 flipped the stock market-and life as we know it-upside down. Over the last two years, we’ve learned to live in the shadow of the pandemic, which means consumer behavior has been forever changed. Needless to say, it’s a tough environment to pick stocks. What will…

Stocks often live and die by trends. While many fund managers chase the trends, others prefer to chart their own path-reaping tremendous dividends in the process. That’s the story of Morgan Stanley’s Dennis Lynch, who continues to be a trend-setter on Wall Street. …

In 2021, the S&P 500 saw tremendous gains. As the world cautiously came out of quarantine and embraced the “new normal,” investors took advantage of the pandemic rebound. While some investors’ predictions didn’t pan out, many fund managers’ bets paid off. And no one’s bets paid off quite as well…

Founded in 2003 in California, Tesla released its first cars back in 2006. It’s been a wild ride since, to say the least. Tesla’s enigmatic leader, Elon Musk, led the brand to dominate the EV market-and news headlines-with his unconventional approach to leadership. But for all its volatility, Tesla still…

It once seemed like a digital pipe dream, but cryptocurrency is gaining steam among both consumers and finance professionals. Currently, more than 300 million people around the globe use cryptocurrency, a figure that’s expected to continue increasing. …

In the world of finance, change is a constant and disruption is the rule. Although investing has always changed with the times, the events of the 2020 pandemic and the resulting economic fallout led to more volatility in nearly every industry. Financial executives, investors, startup founders, and other experts attended…

Morgan Stanley’s Dennis Lynch compares bitcoin’s ability to bounce back to the character Kenny from South Park. Lynch, who heads up an asset management subsidiary of the bank, said bitcoin is “anti-fragile”. He said people will look at bitcoin as “digital gold”, or even as a currency in its own…

Disruptive change has gotten a lot of attention lately, as innovative companies have reshaped industries, posted impressive returns, and commanded lofty valuations. But it’s not a new concept for the best bottom-up investors, who are used to incorporating change into their analysis. At the Morningstar Investment Conference in Chicago this…

Successful innovations make life better for customers, but that doesn’t necessarily make those companies good investments. “In some cases, innovation just helps all of us have a higher quality of life, and that doesn’t mean that directly there’s an investment or a company that flows from that that tailwind,” Dennis…