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Bank stocks and financials could be poised for upside in 2021. Image source: Getty Images. No. 1: Higher economic growth ahead When the economy does well, so do bank stocks. More economic growth means customers can pay their mortgages and other debts. Economic expansion also creates demand for credit. Banks, brokers, and payments companies also have many fee-earning businesses based on transactions, which thrive in a "roaring" economy. Many think the economy will roar back to life in 2021. Indeed, banks are in better shape compared to the deep debt overhang of the Great Financial Crisis. Con...

These companies just delivered strong earnings, but their stocks are still undervalued.

Author Bio I love looking at the "story" behind investments from an interdisciplinary point of view, with an equal appetite for high-growth disruptors and beaten-down value names. Ever since its acquisition of Sprint closed nearly a year ago, T-Mobile (NASDAQ:TMUS) has been on fire. In fact, the stock is up a whopping 58.1% over the past year, while rivals AT&T (NYSE:T) are flat and down 20.5%, respectively. That's including the dividends paid out by Verizon and AT&T, and excluding any dividends from T-Mobile, which doesn't pay a dividend at all. Of course, many inve...

Author Bio I love looking at the "story" behind investments from an interdisciplinary point of view, with an equal appetite for high-growth disruptors and beaten-down value names. It's been quite a year -- actually, quite a few years -- for the semiconductor industry. After coming out of the trade-war induced downturn of 2018, popular semiconductor ETF the VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF (NYSEMKT:SMH) is up 64.6% over the past year -- a period that begins before the pandemic -- and is up 132.8% over the past three years -- more than tripling the returns of the overa...

There's still value to be found even in this expensive market.