AMD, like Nvidia, designs and manufactures computer chips – central processing units and graphics cards, increasingly focused on the demands of artificial intelligence. Its Ryzen CPUs, EPYC processors, and Instinct GPUs are familiar names. The recent enthusiasm for its stock is, predictably, linked to the rising demand for these components in the AI sector. However, past performance, as any sensible investor knows, is a treacherous guide to future returns.
The question, naturally, arises: if one had, say, a modest hundred dollars to invest a decade ago, what sort of return might one be enjoying today? A most intriguing conundrum, wouldn’t you agree?
The resurgence is not limited to established, large-capitalization stocks. Smaller companies, often overlooked in the rush to embrace the seemingly ‘safe’ bets, contributed significantly to this outcome in 2025, and early indicators suggest this pattern will persist. This is why the Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF (AVDV 2.72%) currently occupies a prominent position on my list of potential investments.
Cameco does not wield the power it unlocks; it is, rather, the supplier of the seed. It mines the earth’s deep veins, wresting uranium from the stone, and prepares it for those who build the cathedrals of the atomic age. Recently, it extended its reach, acquiring a stake in Westinghouse, becoming not only a provider of fuel, but a partner in the very architecture of nuclear energy. It is a position of quiet leverage, a pick and shovel in a landscape that may yet bloom or wither.
There’s a delicious tension here, isn’t there? A chance for a brilliant bargain, or a pitfall for the unwary. Has Plug Power become so cheap it’s practically giving itself away? Or is it destined to sink even lower, like a particularly heavy pebble in a very deep pond?
Let’s say, just for argument’s sake, you dropped a hundred bucks into Ford five years ago. A hundred dollars! You could have gotten a decent lunch. Anyway, today? You’d have… one hundred and fifty-eight dollars. One hundred and fifty-eight! That’s it? I mean, inflation alone… forget about it. It’s insulting, frankly. Like they’re saying, “Here’s a little something for your trouble. Don’t expect anything more.”
One might observe a considerable divergence in the rationale for investing in these two concerns. Yet, a well-regulated portfolio, like a well-appointed drawing-room, benefits from a judicious blend of established elegance and emerging novelty. Let us, therefore, examine the merits of each, and determine whether they might both prove agreeable additions to a prudent estate.
Fiverr. Yes, Fiverr. The place where you can get a logo designed for five bucks, or, these days, someone to whisper sweet nothings to your AI chatbot. It’s a funny little company. Overlooked. And that’s often where the interesting opportunities are. It’s been lagging behind the big boys, true, but that doesn’t mean it’s not worth a look. A long look, perhaps. A decade-long look, if you’re feeling optimistic. Which, let’s be honest, is a bit of a gamble these days.
Enterprise Products Partners (EPD 1.10%) – a name that sounds suspiciously like a villain from a spy novel – owns a network of pipelines stretching 50,000 miles. That’s enough to wrap around the Earth more than twice, which is frankly a bit alarming when you think about it. But fear not! 2026 is a pivotal year. They’ve been splashing out on new projects – a whopping $4.5 billion in 2025 – but now the spending is easing off to a more sensible $2.5 billion.
Back then, Micron was a fledgling memory chip maker based in Boise, Idaho. Ordering stock wasn’t the instantaneous click-and-trade affair we’re accustomed to. No, you’d have to call a broker. A human being! And then wait. Imagine. No real-time confirmation, just the slightly anxious anticipation of a paper statement arriving in the mail. It feels positively prehistoric now, doesn’t it?