Published on 9 Jan 2022 on FX Empire via Yahoo Finance

Best Stocks, Crypto, and ETFs to Watch – Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Shiba Inu in Focus

First quarter earnings season starts this week, with Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL) reporting in Thursday’s pre-market session. The stock closed at a two-month high on Friday, despite well-publicized Omicron-induced travel disruptions. Traders and investors are looking beyond the next month of soaring infections and into the summer travel season, in which massive herd immunity could finally put the COVID pandemic in the rear view mirror.

Dow component Coca-Cola Co. (KO) and other dividend payers have roared out of the gates in 2022, marking a widespread rotation into equities that can withstand high inflation. Barron’s magazine noted this trend over the weekend, highlighting Coke’s bullish outlook after sub-par 2020 and 2021 stock performance. Of course, these sleepy plays aren’t for everyone but a little exposure in a long-term portfolio goes a long way toward getting a good’s night sleep during market downdrafts.

2021’s top-performing tech stocks have been sold aggressively so far this year, highlighting a market tendency for one year’s big winners to become the next year’s big laggards. Dow component Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) could defy this trend, with strong cloud division growth expected to continue into 2023. Buying signals haven’t gone off yet for Mr. Softee but the pullback is slowly approaching support near 300 that could offer a low risk buying opportunity.