Will Ashworth

Will Ashworth

InvestorPlace Contributor

Expertise: Public and private companies, Portfolio construction

About Will:
Will Ashworth has written about investments full-time since 2008. He loves investing and is passionate about helping others put their money to work. He particularly enjoys creating model portfolios that stand the test of time.

Publications where he’s appeared include InvestorPlace, The Motley Fool Canada, Investopedia, Kiplinger, and several others in both the U.S. and Canada. He lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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Recent Articles

7 Stocks to Buy That Could Double for a Second-Consecutive Year

By Will Ashworth, InvestorPlace Contributor

The S&P 500 gained 31.5% in 2019, including dividends. If you’re looking for stocks to buy in 2020, you might want to look beyond the index.

Walmart’s Deep Bench Will Keep Powering the Stock in 2020

By Will Ashworth, InvestorPlace Contributor

Walmart stock is coming off its best annual performance in years, delivering a total return of just less than 30%. By comparison, the stock has generated an annualized total return of 9.9% over the past 10 years.

Bank of America Stock: Buy, Sell or Hold? 

By Will Ashworth, InvestorPlace Contributor

While Buffett is unlikely to increase his stake beyond the approximately 948 million BAC shares Berkshire owns, it did send a signal to investors that Bank of America stock is a buy. Over the next three months, investors piled in.

Forget $10,000: Billionaire Tim Draper Sees Bitcoin Going Much Higher

By Will Ashworth, InvestorPlace Contributor

Bitcoin has both tantalized and frustrated investors. But billionaire Tim Draper's prediction of $250,000 per token has reignited speculative interest.

Qualcomm Is a Great Company, but QCOM Stock Is an Awful Buy

By Will Ashworth, InvestorPlace Contributor

So, either Qualcomm’s stock returns will revert to its historical mean in 2020 or the 5G opportunity is so real that it’s setting course on a new trajectory that will include years of double-digit annual returns.

Nokia Has Momentum Early in 2020, but Is It a Buy? 

By Will Ashworth, InvestorPlace Contributor

In 2020, should its 5G business take off as Brad suggests, NOK will quickly move into the safe zone. Nonetheless, I think it’s important to realize that despite having $45 billion in total assets, it is still far from being a perfect investment.

Did Canopy Growth Stock Just Have a Dead Cat Bounce? 

By Will Ashworth, InvestorPlace Contributor

Canopy’s ramped up spending to get its Cannabis 2.0 products into the hands of consumers, along with launching its first hemp-derived CBD product in the U.S., are two things InvestorPlace’s Mark Hake believes will continue to hurt the company’s margins.

2020 Should Be a Breakout Year for Square Stock

By Will Ashworth, InvestorPlace Contributor

Since Q3 2017, Square’s GPV from sellers with an annual GPV of more than $500,000 grew 700 basis points to 27%. Meanwhile, those sellers with an annual GPV of less than $125,000 dropped 700 basis points to 45%. At the same time, sellers with between $125,000 and $500,000 in GPV increased by 100 basis points to 28%.

Is Beyond Meat Stock Worth $25 or $250?

By Will Ashworth, InvestorPlace Contributor

Heading into 2020, investors wonder about the true value of Beyond Meat stock.  I think BYND stock can do well going forward.

Roku Delivered in 2019 to Make It a Stock of the Year Candidate

By Will Ashworth, InvestorPlace Contributor

When it comes to stocks with a market cap of $2 billion or higher, Roku has to be in the running for the stock of the year. 

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