SoundHound has been a voice and sound specialist for many years and is expanding via AI.
CoreWeave has lots of potential and some risk, too, with the proliferation of data centers.
Nvidia is the 800-lb gorilla among semiconductors, with a still-promising future.
10 stocks we like better than SoundHound AI ›
It’s true that it’s hard to beat dividend-paying stocks for long-term portfolio growth, as healthy and prospering dividend payers will tend to increase their payouts to shareholders regularly — no matter what the overall stock market is doing. Still, it’s naturally tempting to want some monster stocks in your portfolio as well — ones that might turbocharge its performance.
These growth stocks can be more volatile than dividend payers. However, if you buy them at reasonable prices and hang on for many years, you can often do well. Here are four monster stocks to consider buying and/or holding for the next 10 years and beyond.
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SoundHound AI (NASDAQ: SOUN), with a recent market value near $5 billion, is a relatively small company with a monstrous stock-price history. It debuted on the stock market (via a merger with a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC) in 2022, and over the past three years, it’s averaged annual gains of 82%. That’s certainly monstrous, but so is its 42% decline in 2025 (as of Nov. 18).
Soundhound began as a music-recognition specialist before embracing artificial intelligence (AI). Its technology is now found in cars, giving drivers the ability to use voice commands, and in restaurants, where it’s helping customers’ orders be more accurate, among other things.
The stock pulled back in part because it had run up so much, and bulls still think it has some great years ahead. Management thinks so, too, having recently upped its projections.
CoreWeave (NASDAQ: CRWV), with a recent market value around $37 billion, is another company that is probably unfamiliar to many. You might want to know about it, though, as it’s deeply involved in the spread of data…
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