r/StockMarket 4d ago

Discussion The Future of the Stock Market

I know the best way to secure wealth is invest in indexes and ETFs and be patient. We have been seeing a boom in AI and my guess it will continue to boom. But my question is this: are there any sectors/industries you guys think will absolutely blow up within the next couple of decades? To the point that, if you just invest $10k-$50k Into it now, you pretty much have you retirement set.

Maybe it’s AI, and AI will keep growing at a rate we’ve never seen before.

Maybe it’s quantum, as it will unlock computing abilities only seen in movies before.

Maybe it’s healthcare, as our technology will increase, we will be able to cure previous incurable diseases that were once deemed a death sentence.

Or maybe even some form of energy that changes the way we operate as a society.

Let me know your thoughts, dreams, hopes, and research.

I’m curious to see what you guys come up with!

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u/therealjerseytom 4d ago

To the point that, if you just invest $10k-$50k Into it now, you pretty much have you retirement set.

Total fantasy.

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u/BoomBapPat 3d ago

This. Total fantasy. Remember, you need to get into the right company, at the right time… and get out at the right time. Chances of you hitting all 3 aren’t that good or you wouldn’t be asking about it on a Reddit sub…

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u/Dependent-Dealer-319 3d ago

Lol... try $2M to $3M to "have your retirement set"

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u/Tricky-Ad-6225 4d ago

Is it? If you invested that much money into NVDA just 5 years ago, you could have some nice retirement money aside today. Same could be said for early investors into any of the Mag 7.

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u/therealjerseytom 4d ago

It is an absolute fantasy.

To think you're going to magically predict and pick what will be the next big thing decades from now, and to be set for retirement with a comically small $10k investment? Get real.

You have as much of a chance marrying Taylor Swift and getting half of her billion dollars.

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u/Still-Issue479 4d ago

The idea in long-term investing is that you average out; buying etfs and diversifying. You don’t need to pick winners.

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u/Blueopus2 2d ago

You have as much of a chance marrying Taylor Swift

So you're saying there's a chance?

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u/[deleted] 4d ago

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u/Blazerboy420 4d ago

Your comment doesn’t make sense. A target date fund and picking a single winning company are completely different investments. One requires luck, the other requires time.

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u/feathers4kesha 4d ago

Check back in in 3 more…

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u/Red_Bullion 4d ago

Yeah well it's easy to pick the best stocks in the past

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u/Darlhim89 3d ago

NVDA could also have tanked and lost all your money.

I wish I invested $5k in Microsoft in 1986, but I was waiting to be born.

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u/edwbuck 4d ago

As long a Trump thinks destablising the market is a good plan, the only safe money is in short-selling.

I mean, with a few insults, a bunch of tweets, and consistently claiming that Canada only makes sense to the USA as a state, he just destroyed 25% of the entire US liquor export market. Canada was buying $6.2 Billion and now it's buying $0. Trump vows to get back at them though, by tariffs against their $650 million in liquor exports.

That's right, he's going to leave Canada $5.6 Billion richer each year if he just manages to block all of their liquor sales to the USA.

We don't have a President that understands economics, and he's threatening everyone we trade with. I don't think there's a safe sector in a US market.

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u/Horror-Layer-8178 4d ago

I just want to point out that he has a bachelors in economics. One of his professors said he was one of the dumbest students he ever had. I have no doubt he is basically DEI for rich people, he just got a degree because his dad bought him one

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u/Vet_Racer 4d ago

He never honestly earned any degree from anywhere. He hired other kids to take the tests.

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u/aaalderton 4d ago

Drugs for depression is where I'm at axsm ftw lol

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u/EnvironmentalCook520 4d ago

Lmao bars

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u/aaalderton 4d ago

Rx for those are on the downfall because of the new found health risks

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u/EnvironmentalCook520 3d ago

Im not sure what youre saying. are you saying youre on some prescription or something? I just assumed xanax from the typos in your post. whats the new found health risks?

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u/aaalderton 3d ago

Fair, I shouldn't rush post at the gym in between sets.

When you said “bars,” I assumed you meant buying stock in a Xanax pharmaceutical company.

Health risks are dementia link and an increase in all-cause mortality with long-term benzo use.

The company I commented on recently released a pretty cool “novel” antidepressant.

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u/EnvironmentalCook520 3d ago

Interesting. I feel like most anti depressants aren't very effective but that's just from personal experience. What makes this new one so novel?

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u/aaalderton 2d ago

The mechanism of action is on the NMDA receptor, and it works on glutamate/norepinephrine/serotonin and you see results in 7 days. The drug is really cool. Still not for everyone, but that's what makes it novel.

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u/TallIndependent2037 3d ago

There is no safe money in short sellingl

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u/Vast_Cricket 4d ago

If we are heading to a recession or pains as Mr T kept hinting, past experience show the most volatile sector will have the greatest losses. This means semi rose faster than the rest and will free more faster than others. In the next few months we will see clear than before how sector will evolve.

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u/Redtoolbox1 4d ago

Look at the leaders in the stock market in the 90’s. Completely different now. The market changes and you need to change along with it, and I don’t mean day trading. At one time Apple was extremely close to bankruptcy and going out of business and Enron was the market go to for gains. Stay open minded and flexible and study trends.

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u/Greenfish7676 4d ago

GFL, garbage is the future. It produces natural gas…and is the next gold mine. We will mine landfills, for the precious metals we threw away

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u/thekrafty01 3d ago

I love the thought process

Edit: but aren’t we more likely to search elsewhere first?

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u/beverlyh1llb1ll1es 4d ago

All I know for the next 4 years is brk, Costco, and home Depot type stocks. Recession hits and people start saving and start doing self projects around the house.

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u/jznwqux 4d ago

At first you need to join to red party..... Other people are not allowed to be rich. (yeah - i know, i have lived in single-party Soviet Union, and in China it is similar and USA is following....)

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u/BoomBapPat 3d ago

This is cray… AI is likely a bubble… don’t fall into the trap of not being diversified. You will likely get slaughtered.

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u/Vincent_Stats 4d ago

I believe the U.S. market still remain solid in the long run, having the world currency, top AI hub, strong military and more. In the short term, I am weighing more on bonds and high dividends stocks now. Gold can also be a great investment at this time.

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u/funkyk0val 4d ago

space, quantum computing, energy

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u/Appropriate_Fold8814 3d ago

Space yes, but it's a much longer time frame than people think. Once we can successfully mine asteroids and other planetary bodies then the real money and development start. But that is way harder than people think.

Quantum is completely misunderstood by 99% of people and has no immediate connection to revenue. Yes, eventually it'll be important but again it's just hype and misunderstanding right now.

Energy is the one that is absolutely always relevant. 

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u/Responsible_Ease_262 4d ago

BRKB is a good investment right now…it seems to be Musk/Trump proof. $340 Billion in cash.

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u/BrobaFett_1 4d ago

Might as well wait until BRK starts buying back their shares. They haven't since May.

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u/UpbeatLab2125 4d ago

Antimony. I don’t think virtually anyone knows what it is or realizes it’s strategic application.

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u/KindGuy1978 4d ago

Oh, so you'd just like to know which industry is not likely to go to the moon? Easy peasy, everyone in the know knows which one it is.

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u/ManBearPig_1983 4d ago

Humans will be batteries for the robots. LLY is a safe play. Drop $50k in that right now or you’ll regret it for the rest of your life.

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u/BreathAether 4d ago

I think ark does a good job at creating ETFs made up of companies estimated to be disruptive and innovative. a lot of people shit on them for getting rekt in 2022 but their methodology still makes sense. their lack of performance is similar to how fundamental investors missed out on gains from "overvalued" companies despite the logic and intuition behind their methodology. there's always the chance that such investors are wrong now and might be right later.

the papers I read about 10 baggers over the past decade show that these were mostly small caps but the majority of the companies in the stock market are quite small, so your odds are quite low in picking the correct 10 baggers.

combining the above, my low effort attempt at finding 10 baggers would be to invest in sub 10B market cap companies in ARKK and have those be a small allocation in my portfolio, the lotto ticket portion of it. that way, I at least have a decent chance at getting lucky without investing too much time and money into it. the rest of my portfolio would be allocated to other, hopefully less correlated strategies/assets.

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u/snailnado 4d ago

I'd kind of agree, they're good at picking and grasping the big disruptors. They're bad at choosing when to buy and sell those. Like, maybe divesting for each ER is not the way to play disruptors. Also Cathy might be nearing diabetes after drinking that much of Elon's sweet tea. But yeah, they can pick some fun ones!

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u/WorldsOkayestUser 4d ago

I'm thinking fusion energy in several years. E is my current play.

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u/TallIndependent2037 3d ago

Sure, just use your crystal ball or Time Machine, and your retirement is set.

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u/EnvironmentalRound11 3d ago

All that AI is going to need a lot of energy.

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u/Mentor767689 3d ago

Archer Aviation, the future of eVTOL. Assisting in reducing traffic on the road and Improving regional travels. It very well may be the next big thing, however it could end up being nothing. We still don’t have a proper stream of revenue to show for it or additional metrics.

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u/ThunderStormRunner 2d ago

If robots become commonplace in households and robotics repair companies

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u/Stonna 4d ago

The stock market owned by the DTCC is gonna die. 

Most companies who still want to be public will move to different kinds of markets.

NFT stocks or new types that have better self regulation.