In 19 days, the curtain will close on 2021 — and when it does, it’ll likely go down as another outperforming year for the stock market.
Through Dec. 8, the benchmark S&P 500 had gained a hair over 25% for the year. That’s more than double the roughly 11% annual average total return, including dividends, for the widely followed index since the beginning of 1980.
However, a new year means new opportunities for investors to get rich. The key is to put your money to work in surefire trends for the upcoming year.
If you have $1,000 at the ready, which won’t be needed to cover bills or emergencies as they arise, the following five unstoppable trends would be perfect to invest in for 2022.
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Cybersecurity
If my arm were twisted and I had to choose the most surefire investment trend for 2022, I’d have to go with growth in the cybersecurity space. Robots and hackers don’t take a day off just because the U.S. economy or stock market are struggling, which has allowed cybersecurity solutions to evolve into a basic need service for businesses of all sizes.
Cybersecurity has taken on even greater meaning in the wake of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. With businesses forced into remote-work scenarios, many have turned to or beefed up their online and direct-to-consumer presence. This means even more responsibility for enterprise and client data protection is being thrust on third-party cybersecurity stocks.
The premier name to consider in cybersecurity is CrowdStrike Holdings ( CRWD -1.33% ). CrowdStrike’s Falcon platform relies on artificial intelligence to grow smarter over time and was built in the cloud. This makes Falcon nimbler than on-premises solutions at recognizing and responding to potential threats.
CrowdStrike may not offer the cheapest cybersecurity services, but Falcon’s effectiveness appears well worth the extra cost — and its clients seem to agree. In less than five years, CrowdStrike’s subscriber count has grown from 450 to almost 14,700, with 68% of its clients purchasing four or more cloud-module subscriptions.
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Telehealth
Although 2021 hasn’t treated work-from-home stocks all that well, some trends that vaulted to the forefront during the COVID-19 pandemic are here to stay. One such unstoppable investing trend is telehealth.
The obvious concern with telemedicine is the expectation that growth could drop off in the coming quarters as vaccination rates pick up and patients return to doctor’s offices and hospitals. While it is true that growth rates could normalize following a huge spike in virtual-visit demand in 2020, normalized growth for telehealth is still huge. According to market research …….
Source: https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/12/12/5-unstoppable-trends-to-invest-1000-in-for-2022/
