ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP), Kinder Morgan (NYSE: KMI), and Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX) all have compelling valuations and yield over 3%. Investing $1,000 in each stock should generate about $112 in passive income in 2025 based on the yield of each stock at the time of this writing.
Although it's possible to make $1,000 (or even more) in a single day when you are day trading, sustaining that level of gain over time is very, very difficult.
Analysts See 13% Upside For Amazon Stock
The 30-year-old Amazon is among the world's most valuable companies. It is a leader in e-commerce spending and in cloud computing through its Amazon Web Services business. It is also quickly growing its advertising business into a challenger to Google (GOOGL) and Meta (META).
William Blair analysts call Vernova stock "a "top pick" for 2025, as artificial intelligence (AI) data centers consume vast amounts of energy. Wall Street expects Vernova earnings to boom 174% per share in the year ahead on 5% sales growth. GE Vernova stock flourishes a Composite Rating of 92 and RS Rating of 98.
“COST/AMZN/WMT—aka 'The Big Three' will likely gobble ~60%+ of U.S. retail growth this year, so we see Costco's elite share gain as likely to sustain outperformance.” Most of the Street sides with Melich, with 58% of analysts rating Costco stock a Buy, 37% a Hold, and 5% Sell, according to FactSet.
You can't time the market
If you have extra money to invest that you can afford to risk, the earlier you put it into the market, the longer it will have to grow, and the more you'll have later on. If that's now, invest it now. If it's after the end of 2024, invest it then.
Of the 47 analysts who recommended Amazon in June, 44 rated it a buy or a strong buy. Forecasters predict that Amazon will reach $200 per share a year from now and will continue to rise to $250 per share at the end of 2026. In 2027, the prediction is for a price of $300, and $250 by the end of 2028.
We continue to see Apple as overvalued, as we believe there are growth headwinds to iPhone revenue in a mature smartphone market and with higher competition out of China. We expect iPhone revenue to return to growth in fiscal 2025 after a couple of weak years of growth.
Each stock you invest in should take up, at most, 3.33% of your portfolio. “If each stock generates around $400 in dividend income per year, 30 of each will generate $12,000 a year or $1,000 per month.”