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View this email in your browser This week, Stock Up is handing the reins to our friends at Millennial Money, a new newsletter from The Motley Fool that’s focused on helping you achieve financial freedom. Each week Millennial Money delivers ideas on how to make more money and invest it well. In this week’s edition you’ll discover: Battle for the Bull Market: Where is the market headed next? Find out why it’s a showdown between inflation and stimulus checks. This week's side hustle: How does an extra $2,000 a month in income sound? Our stock of the week: Tiny stock. Check. Massive market opportunity. Check. You won't want to miss this one. And yes, you’ll even get the details on that $200,000/year job to surf Reddit (we promise we’re not making this up). And if you want to get free weekly stock picks that are vetted by Motley Fool analysts, money making advice, and market insights every single week, just click here to sign up for Millennial Money (it’s free!). Market News Battle for the Bull Market What happened GameStop mania is back. On Wednesday, the company’s share price suddenly shot up 104% right before the closing bell. The rally continued into Thursday, with GameStop now up 151% from where it started the week. As for the rest of the market? That’s looking a bit shakier. On Tuesday, the Nasdaq dipped 3.9% before recovering ground. Come Thursday, the market was solidly in the red again with small caps and tech leading the way. Bull vs. Bear The big question driving the market this week: is too much money a good or bad thing? In one corner we have Biden readying a $1.9 trillion in economic stimulus that will not only flow into the economy but also the stock market. Beyond all that stimulus, Goldman Sachs estimates U.S. citizens are amassing $2.4 trillion in “forced savings.” That is, excess money that's been saved during Covid and could begin rapidly pouring into the economy this summer once vaccinations are widespread. Stimulus + $2.4 trillion spending spree... Sounds good for the market, right? Well, not so fast. Because Treasury yields are now rapidly climbing. If you’re invested primarily in stocks, that’s a big worry. A major contributor to the stock market’s recent rise has been how low interest rates are. With bond yields now rising – on fears of renewed inflation from all this money flowing into the system – investors are selling stocks. Their worry: rising interest will lead to an even greater market sell-off as investors flock into other assets. The investing angle So, what will the coming months look like for the market? In one corner we have GameStop and “meme” stocks soaring again. (Bull market!) And in the other corner, we have rising fears over inflation. (Bear market!) With rapid vaccine distribution, more than $4 trillion in stimulus and “forced savings” hitting the economy, and record corporate profits anticipated for 2021, it sure seems like stocks still have tailwinds behind them. Wall Street is clearly betting the market has further to run. One hedge fund recently put out a job posting that pays $200,000 per year for someone to surf Reddit and look for the next GameStop (we told you we weren’t making this up!). Regardless of the broader market’s next moves, if you’re on the lookout for high-quality companies that could see growth accelerate, the inflow of “forced savings” and economic stimulus combined with the likely easing of Covid restrictions could lead to some economic fireworks in the second half of 2021. If you’re looking for a stock that could see massive tailwinds in the second half of the year – and we’re willing to bet you’ve never heard of - then scroll down to our stock of the week! You'll thank yourself later Subscribe to Millennial Money (it's free!) Today’s e-mail is just a preview of what you’ll find every week when you join Millennial Money. 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For some of you, side hustling is in your blood. For other people, you're interested in more money, but don't know where to get started. If that's you... Well, we have a treat this week because we're featuring 31 side hustles that could earn you an extra $2,000 per month. Really, $2,000 per month? Yes, $2,000 per month (or more!). Here's the deal, if you have skills and want to spend the time on side hustles, they're one of the best ways to achieve financial independence early. The biggest question is where to get started? After all, side hustling could mean starting a blog, becoming a virtual assistant, teaching English online, and more! Our definitive guide to side hustles that can earn $2,000/month We've created a guide for side hustles that can earn $2,000 (or more!) per month. Will you be able to step into any one of them and immediately start making it rain? Of course not! Accessible ideas like driving for ridesharing apps will make you money, but they'll take up more time. On the other side of the spectrum, blogging can be difficult, but if you get great at it you can make tens of thousands of dollars per month. Which is why we built this complete guide, to help you match your skills and passions to the side hustles that can provide the kinds of income that can accelerate your path to financial freedom! So, what are you waiting for, simply click the button below to get started. CHECK OUT OUR $2,000 PER MONTH SIDE HUSTLE GUIDE! In the news Three reads... Lucid Motors’ Hazy Valuation full read Shares of SPAC Churchill Capital Corp. IV were cut in half after announcing a merger deal with Lucid Motors. Why the sudden drop? At issue was the total ownership CCIV investors would have of Lucid and questions regarding the fuzzy valuation amount. We cut through the confusion at Millennial Money to get to the facts. Is Top-Shot a can’t miss investment?  full read Stocks and cryptocurrencies are so 2020. The newest phenomenon is blockchain based digital NBA video collectables that are selling for as much as $100,000. If you’re confused around all the buzz of NBA Top Shot, or wondering what blockchain based digital NBA video collectables even means, SB Nation has an explainer to fill you in. Be warned. As we’ve said often here at Millennial Money, investing in 2021 is wild. USPS gets a vehicle… upgrade  full read We got our first look at the next-gen USPS trucks and the most favorable description is they’re interesting. The government agency inked a contract with surprise winner Oshkosh Defense to manufacture 50,000 to 165,000 vehicles over the next decade. The fallout was swift for presumed front-runner Workhorse Group, with the company’s stock falling nearly 50% upon the announcement. … 3 numbers 66% Overall effectiveness of Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot covid-19 vaccine. While this figure is lower than existing two-shot regimens on the market, it did report 100% effectiveness against hospitalizations and deaths. The FDA will review J&J’s emergency use authorization on Friday.  1.614% Yield on the U.S. Treasury 10-year note that sparked Thursday’s mini-selloff, a sharp increase from 0.93% at the beginning of the year. $17,000 The price an Arlington, Texas family paid for five days of electricity during the Texas snowstorm.  A new stock idea every week Stock of the Week: Intellicheck (IDN)... Share Price: $12.30 1-Year Return: 40.3% Sales Growth: 40% Here's the trillion-dollar question... How do you “play” the re-opening of the economy? Is it buying airline stocks? Hotels? Theme parks? After all, by mid-2021, America is poised to look a lot different with widespread vaccine availability. Just imagine, travelling, dining out, not spending half your life on Zoom calls. Now, we discussed how a combination of economic stimulus and “forced savings” entering the economy could create an economic boom in the second half of the year. The next question is: what's the company that could most take advantage of the situation? Allow us to introduce you to Intellicheck (bet you've never heard of it!). It's... Tiny: Trading for just $12.30 with a market cap of $227 million, Intellicheck is one of the smaller companies in the market. Primed for growth: The company is converting to a subscription software (SaaS) model, one of the most compelling business models in the world today. Poised to benefit in the second half of 2021: More on that below... OK, so what does Intellicheck do? Well, it designs software to protect Americans from identity theft. As you can imagine, identity theft is a huge problem. Nearly one in 17 Americans are victims of identity theft with the projected global cost coming in at more than $25 billion in the last year alone. Okay, but you might be wondering “how does this make Intellicheck a play for the re-opening of the economy?” Great question! The simple answer is Intellicheck's revenue is heavily tied to retailers whose store traffic plummeted when Covid began. Just check out this chart of Intellicheck's revenue. The bottom line? Sales were increasing dramatically into the first quarter of 2020 when Covid hit, and then plummeted. Yet, with the economy continuing to rebound, Intellicheck's sales have been rising once again. Once the vaccine has widespread availability and consumers return to physical shopping at retailers using Intellicheck's security authentication, sales should rebound sharply. Intellicheck is tiny, and that's why we're featuring it today. While many investors will focus on ideas like airlines as the “in-person economy” resumes, there are dozens of companies that could see substantial growth. Intellicheck could see some of the strongest growth rates in the market in coming quarters but is largely unknown to most investors! Want more details on Intellicheck? Start here. Want to discover what Intellicheck is? Read their investor presentation. Check out our recent article on identity theft and what you can do to prevent it. That’s it for this week’s edition of Millennial Money. Next week you’ll return to your regular Stock Up programming. Once again, if you want to subscribe to receive Millennial Money every week, simply click here to confirm your e-mail and you’ll be all set! Join the 1,300,000+ people who follow us! We work fervently, fastidiously, and Foolishly to make sure all the facts and figures we publish in our emails are 100% accurate and up to date. Have a question or topic you'd like to see covered in a future edition of Stock Up? Email us at stockup@fool.com. 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