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There are high-profile members on both sides of the aisle, and on both sides of the issue, i.e., both Dems and Repubs who are pro stock trading by members and both who are con. It’s a debate that has come to the fore this week.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell recently confirmed that the central bank will be raising interest rates this year, and previous comments suggest that multiple rate hikes could be in the works. Rising interest rates have typically meant a much weaker backdrop for growth stocks, but there are also companies in the category that already trade at steep discounts and could be poised for big gains despite less favorable macroeconomic conditions. With that in mind, a panel of Motley Fool contributors has profiled stocks that could still be capable of doubling before the year is out.

The one- and three-year stock returns speak for themselves -- some bitcoin miners are surging while others aren't doing so well. As a point of reference, the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) market index rose 27% in 2020 and 90% over the past three full calendar years. Beta values measure how tightly a security's price moves correlate with a market index, typically the S&P 500.

The S&P 500 returned 28.7% in 2021. Here’s how the Barron’s Roundtable members’ 2021 recommendations stacked up.

Hundreds of Chinese companies are listed on U.S. markets. But which are the best Chinese stocks to buy or watch right now? JD.com , Nio, Li Auto, Xpeng and BYD Co.. China is the world's most-populous nation and the second-largest economy with a booming urban middle class and amazing entrepreneurial activity.

The two asset classes used to move independently. But after the pandemic began, and central banks flooded markets with liquidity, they began to dance closer together. That’s a problem if you see crypto as a hedge or part of a diversification strategy.

Buy the dip, wrote J.P. Morgan’s strategists early this past week. Yes, the U.S. inflation rate just hit 7%, the highest since 1982, back when E.T. was phoning home and the rich kid on my street got a Commodore 64 computer—his old man worked for IBM. J.P. Morgan compares now with late 2018, when rate increases sparked a stock selloff, and the Fed later reversed course.

Here is what the fundamentals and technical analysis say about buying JD stock. The China e-commerce company has partnerships with Walmart, Tencent and Google-owner Alphabet.

We now have results from 17.6% of the sector's market capitalization in the S&P 500 index. Total earnings for these Finance sector companies are up +3.6% from the same period last year on +1.8% higher revenues...

Materialise (MTLS) closed the most recent trading day at $20.70, moving +0.68% from the previous trading session.

Epam (EPAM) closed the most recent trading day at $543.06, moving +0.45% from the previous trading session.

MPLX LP (MPLX) closed at $31.51 in the latest trading session, marking a +0.41% move from the prior day.

First Solar (FSLR) closed at $83.02 in the latest trading session, marking a +0.29% move from the prior day.

Waste Management (WM) closed the most recent trading day at $156.65, moving -0.51% from the previous trading session.

In the latest trading session, CubeSmart (CUBE) closed at $51.08, marking a -1.94% move from the previous day.

Edwards Lifesciences (EW) closed at $118.26 in the latest trading session, marking a -1.83% move from the prior day.

Qorvo (QRVO) closed at $148.73 in the latest trading session, marking a +1.35% move from the prior day.

Danaos (DAC) closed at $74.05 in the latest trading session, marking a +1.38% move from the prior day.

In the latest trading session, Canopy Growth Corporation (CGC) closed at $8.40, marking a -0.12% move from the previous day.

In the latest trading session, ServiceNow (NOW) closed at $531.02, marking a +1.87% move from the previous day.