Amidst all the well-deserved hoopla for AI plays, most non-AI stocks are receiving little attention from investors. Energy stocks fall into that bucket, but I believe they deserve a fresh look.

Every New Year always tempts us to engage in a bit of future-gazing, no matter how fruitless and frivolous that gazing might prove to be. Here at Smart Money, we could not – and did not – resist that temptation.

Is gold really as dazzling as it appears? I say, not so much. Gold is not an investment in the classic sense of the word; it is a cult leader.

AI revolutionizing different industries, from healthcare to semiconductor chips. And now, artificial intelligence has come to change biotech’s game in unfathomable ways.

AI is building an entirely new foundation for explosive growth of such incalculable proportions that it could add trillions of dollars to the trillion-dollar market value Amazon already possesses…

Throughout the so-called Rust Belt states of the Upper Midwest (which include Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan, to name a few), vibrant new high-tech industries – including AI – are emerging from the crumbling foundations of ancient ones.

We can pretend that rational minds, coupled with societal self-preservation, will thwart the dark side of AI. But we’ve read this story before, and we know how it proceeds.

AI will create passageways to sweeping, even mind-blowing, change. But as it does so, it will disrupt the status quo and leave behind the wreckage of dated technologies and hollowed-out industries.

As InvestorPlace’s macro investing specialist, I look for big-picture trends that drive huge, multiyear moves in entire sectors of the market. And after waiting in the wings for years, AI has taken center stage and is stoking investors’ imaginations with visions of lavish stock market gains for years to come.

As AI infiltrates the medical field, the U.S. healthcare industry is on track to grow faster than any other sector in the United States economy. This massive opportunity has not escaped the attention of tech mega-giants, like those in the “Magnificent Seven.”

GE HealthCare is interesting – both for what it is already and what it could become. As one of the oldest “new” healthcare stocks in the market, GE Healthcare is a blue-chip company with a formidable presence in the medical imaging industry.

We cannot possibly imagine all the ways future generations might harness and utilize our new power: artificial intelligence. Luckily, we don’t have to imagine the revolutionary changes AI will bring. They’re already in motion – particularly in the healthcare industry.

Even though Intel tops the rank of AI-chip producers, along with giants NVIDIA Corp. (NVDA) and IBM Corp. (IBM), it is not simply a “chip” company… It represents the next phase of the AI revolution.

On any given business day, millions of people pay attention to the blinking lights and flashing numbers they believe make up “the stock market.” Unfortunately, just a tiny percentage of those people will ever understand the real secret to making money in stocks.

It’s a new year, which means we’ll be encountering both threats and opportunities as we try to move away from last year’s whipsaw market. And in order to be more successful this year, I have three “resolutions” I suggest making as we tread carefully into 2024…

With the New Year less than a week away, realigning your investment mindset with success as the goal is imperative.

In this four-part series, we’re going to look forward to 2024 by looking back on 2023.

In this four-part series, we’re going to look forward to 2024 by looking back on 2023.

In this four-part series, we’re going to look forward to 2024 by looking back on 2023.