Nio(NYSE:NIO)could be off to the races after landing an Overweight rating from Barclays on a positive view ofthe Chinese electric vehicle upstart's potential on the world stage. "We believe that the rapid adoption of EVs around the world and booming EV sales have presented China’s EV makers a rare opportunity to not only take a sizable market share of the domestic auto market – the largest in the world with about 25-30% global share by units sold per annum – but also build a dominant position on the world stage," noted analyst Jiong Shao. Shao and team also pointed to upside with Nio's (NIO) strategic partnership with Chinese EV battery maker CATL that produces purpose-built batteries for Nio with the latest technologies co-developed by the companies. In addition, Nio's (NIO) battery swapp

Roblox Corporation (RBLX) provides a platform for developing and playing games in the metaverse. The metaverse is a 3-dimensional interface that users connect to through the internet. Users then interact with each other and with the game, using avatars. Games on Roblox are developed by users and can be played for free. The company makes most of its revenue by selling in-game currency to players; the currency is known as Robux. I am neutral on RBLX stock. Pandemic Explosion Children and adults stuck at home during the pandemic drove massive growth and adoption for Roblox during 2020. Revenues swelled from $162 million in Q1 2020 to $387 million in Q1 2021. This nearly 140% year-over-year increase is startlingly impressive. As stay-at-home orders were gradually lifted, many expected Roblox's

For many, the main point of investing in the stock market is to achieve spectacular returns. And highest quality companies can see their share prices grow by huge amounts. For example, theApple Inc.(NASDAQ:AAPL) share price is up a whopping 509% in the last half decade, a handsome return for long term holders. If that doesn't get you thinking about long term investing, we don't know what will. On top of that, the share price is up 21% in about a quarter. It really delights us to see such great share price performance for investors. Since it's been a strong week for Apple shareholders, let's have a look at trend of the longer term fundamentals. While markets are a powerful pricing mechanism, share prices reflect investor sentiment, not just underlying business performance. One imperfect but