These 10 Stocks Will Make (Smart) Investors Rich in 2025

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Top Stocks to Get Rich Without Getting Lucky
2.1. Nvidia
2.2. Broadcom
3. Cybersecurity Stocks
3.1. CrowdStrike
3.2. Fortinet
4. Palantir
5. Key Takeaways

Quarter 3 is about to end, so I wanted to update you on my top stocks to get rich without getting lucky for 2025. Most of these stocks are crushing the market, but a few surprised me to the downside. So in this video, I'll go over my top stocks, why I picked them, and whether or not I'd still buy them today. Your time is valuable, so let's get right into it. Back in December, I made a video on my top 10 stocks for 2025.

Since then, TickerSymbol: YOU has grown by close to 150,000 subscribers, and I've received a lot of questions about which stocks I'm buying and why. To keep everyone informed, I've decided to outline my investment strategy. I'm committed to providing valuable information, so I'll present the full list of stocks upfront, along with their year-to-date performance and returns compared to the S&P 500.

Accountability is important, so I have a few simple rules for this list.

First, once I pick the stocks, I can't add or remove any of them for the entire year and i'm only allowed to change the order of the list as news and earnings come out that way if i pick a bunch of losers i can't just take them off the list and pretend like it never happened and i also can't add any winners after they've already won all the stocks i pick stay locked in for an entire year that means i actually have to make reasonable predictions about where ai software and hardware are headed and now is probably a good time to mention that that I'm not a financial advisor.

Top Stocks to Get Rich Without Getting Lucky

My background is in electrical engineering and data science, and I have 10 years of industry experience using AI to solve real-world problems. I only invest inside my circle of confidence, which is why every stock I cover focuses on AI and the chips that power it. And I always buy and hold for the long term, which usually means 3-5 years. That's why keeping stocks on my list for one year is really no sweat.

But why did I pick these stocks, and are they still solid investments today? Well, that's the whole point of the rest this video. So let's dive right into the list. In my opinion, the foundation of every great long-term portfolio starts with a fund. The advice I always hear is to put my money into the market every month. For most investors, that means buying the S&P 500. But like I've been saying for years now, it's actually pretty simple to beat the market.

Nvidia

I'm not saying that it's easy, but it is simple: anyone who buys the NASDAQ 100 will always outperform the S&P over almost every single time frame. It's not easy, since the NASDAQ is much more volatile. It crashes harder for longer than the S&P 500, on its way to making those higher highs. That's because the NASDAQ 100 only holds 100 stocks, unlike the S&P 500.

Broadcom

The big thing that investors need to know about Broadcom is that over 99% of all internet traffic touches at least one Broadcom chip. That's because Broadcom has around a 90% market share in Ethernet switching chips for data centers, which is just as significant as Nvidia's share of the data center GPU market.

Broadcom also just announced a $10 billion partnership with OpenAI to design what industry sources are currently calling the Titan XPU, which is a custom processing unit optimized to power inference workloads for chat GPT, GPT-5, and OpenAI's future models, with mass production starting in 2026.

Cybersecurity Stocks

My goal is to capture as much of this growth as I can, which is why both companies sit at the top of my list. I'm buying them every chance I get, along with their biggest customers, such as Google, Amazon, and Meta platforms, which I dollar-cost average into and buy more aggressively whenever they're on sale.

CrowdStrike

The global cloud security market is expected to increase almost fourfold in size over the next 7 years, representing a compound annual growth rate of over 22% through 2032. A notable aspect of cybersecurity is that it encompasses many different areas, which means numerous cybersecurity stocks complement each other rather than directly competing.

Fortinet

I picked CrowdStrike and Fortinet because they are both industry leaders, but in completely different areas of cybersecurity. CrowdStrike is the market leader in endpoint detection and response, with Gartner ranking them above companies like Palo Alto Networks, SentinelOne, and even Microsoft for six years in a row.

Palantir

In a nutshell, Palantir creates AI-powered platforms that provide huge enterprises with a real-time view of their data, enabling them to optimize their operations and better serve their customers. Palantir focuses on high-risk, highly regulated markets, such as national security, heavy industries, medical, and international transport. Due to this focus, Palantir's solutions must be highly accurate, fast, and secure, which poses a significant challenge for AI-based tools today.

Key Takeaways

• Nvidia is a top stock pick due to its dominant market share in data center GPUs and its potential for continued growth in the AI revolution.
• Broadcom is another top stock pick due to its significant market share in Ethernet switching chips for data centers and its partnership with OpenAI.
• Cybersecurity stocks, such as CrowdStrike and Fortinet, are also promising investments due to the growing demand for cloud security and the complementary nature of different cybersecurity stocks.
• Palantir is a strong company, but its stock may be overvalued at current prices, making it a less attractive investment opportunity.
• Diversification is key to capturing growth in the AI revolution, and investing in a mix of AI hardware, infrastructure, and software stocks can help achieve this goal.

Either way, thank you for reading to the end. This is TickerSymbol: YOU, and I'm Alex, reminding you that the best investment you can make is in yourself.