Each week we’ll bring you five stocks that are on our radar
In the fast-paced world of investing, staying ahead requires good ideas and timely decisions. This article highlights five stocks worth watching each week for their robust performance, market trends, and growth potential. Discover the stocks that could enhance your portfolio and navigate market fluctuations with confidence.
Cisco Systems (CSCO) is quietly staging a comeback, finding fresh relevance in the AI-driven data center boom. Long known for its core networking hardware—like switches, routers, and wireless systems—Cisco has evolved into a broader infrastructure player, expanding into cybersecurity, automation, and cloud services.
After more than a year of declining revenue, Cisco posted a return to growth last quarter, aided by increased demand for data center solutions and strategic cost-cutting that preserved margins. The result is a fundamentally solid company with improving financials and renewed investor attention.
Cisco is also emerging as a technical leader. The stock has outperformed the Nasdaq 100 in recent weeks, supported by strong bullish trends in its 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Shares recently saw a volatility surge, suggesting that the stock is ready for a small consolidation or healthy 5% drop.
Shares are approaching $70, causing us to upgrade our 12-month price target from $75 to $90.
Cisco may be an old tech name, but its role in powering tomorrow’s AI infrastructure makes it a stock to watch.
Kroger shares are once again presenting themselves as a “Buy the Dip” opportunity that investors should strongly consider.
Shares dropped from $74 to $71 last week following Kroger’s huge rally following the company’s recent earnings results.
Investors are continuing to shift into consumer staple and select retail stocks as volatility and uncertainty have turned technology stocks and other high beta sectors.
Kroger is in a unique position as the second largest grocer in the country. The largest is Walmart, a company that most investors should fit the bill for an inflation fighting stock, but there’s a problem.
Walmart’s products go well beyond groceries to include household, electronic, sporting goods, clothing and other “discretionary retail” items. Thos non-grocery items will put pressure on Walmart’s bottom line and performance as inflation becomes a larger concern and shoppers return to buying just the basics.
Kroger traded briefly to new all-time highs last week as investors flooded to its shares as one of the few that offer lower volatility and risk exposure along with a dividend yield for income.
Kroger shares remain in a bull market trend with an upgraded price target of $100.
BigBear.ai (BBAI) is back on the radar after last week’s headlines around major government contracts sent a wave of speculators into the stock. Shares surged, posting one of their best weeks of the year — and the momentum hasn’t stopped.
On Monday morning, BBAI cleared the $6 mark for the first time since February. That’s a key technical level. Last time the stock broke through $6, it triggered a fast, aggressive rally to $10 in just days. Traders are watching closely now for a self-fulfilling repeat of that setup.
The recent move is being driven by news of a $165 million U.S. Army contract for BBAI’s AI-powered VANE platform — a signal that the company is gaining traction in defense, a space long dominated by names like Palantir. That Palantir comparison is exactly what’s pulling momentum traders into the story.
The technical breakout, paired with fresh contract wins, sets the stage for another explosive move if the $6 level holds and volume stays elevated. This stock is back in play, and over the next two weeks, it’s likely to stay on the watchlist of every momentum-focused trader looking for the next AI pop.
Shares of Altria Group (MO) are sitting at what may be a great buying opportunity.
Over the last three week, the stock has dropped from its highs to support at the stock’s 50-day moving average. The pullback qualifies as a “healthy correction” for this popular dividend yielder.
shares of Altria Group (MO) stand out because of their 8.2% dividend yield.
Add the last year’s growth of the common shares of 32.5% and you’ve got an income investor’s dream.
The company is one of the world's largest tobacco producers as well as marketers of tobacco, cigarettes, and medical products in the treatment of illnesses caused by tobacco.
Altria is categorized as a consumer staples company, which makes it attractive for those investors that are expecting a slowdown in the economy over the next few years. The stock is also inflation resistant as consumer demand for their product is highly inelastic.
Consumer staple companies like Altria, Proctor & Gamble and Colgate-Palmolive (CL) are considered lower volatile holdings during a recession as demand for their products often remains relatively steady.
Altria stock has been trading in a long-term bull market trend since the beginning of 2024. Before that, the stock spent three years trading in a wide trading range, all the while paying that dividend.
Considered one of the best dividend stocks out there, Altria has a bullish outlook with a potential price target of $65.
The U.S. dollar is slipping deeper into a quiet bear market—and the Senate just threw gas on the fire. After topping out in late 2022, the dollar has been grinding lower, weighed down by a toxic mix of runaway deficits, vanishing fiscal discipline, and the growing likelihood of Fed rate cuts.
Now the Senate just passed the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill,” a massive tax-and-spend package expected to tack on another $3.3 trillion in debt. That move jolted markets, reinforcing the long-term concern: the U.S. isn’t just spending—it’s accelerating the debt spiral.
That’s a problem for the dollar. Falling yields and ballooning deficits chip away at global confidence, and foreign capital starts looking for the exits.
At the same time, central banks aren’t standing still, they’re quietly shifting into gold and non-dollar assets.
The chart backs it up too. The Dollar dropped into a full long-term bear market trend three months ago and is preparing to break another 5-10% lower.
Investors looking for an easy hedge against the Dollar’s long-term bear market trend should consider the Invesco DB US Dollar Index Bearish Fund (UDN). This ETF uses short-term futures contracts on the Dollar to mirror the performance of the Deutsche Bank Short USD Currency Portfolio Index.
