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Best Mid Cap Stocks To Keep An Eye On - May 6th

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Key Points

  • MarketBeat's stock screener flagged three mid-cap names with the highest recent dollar trading volume: SQQQ, AXTI, and TSLL.
  • SQQQ is a leveraged ETF that seeks daily results equal to three times the inverse of the NASDAQ-100, making it a bearish hedge rather than a conventional long equity holding.
  • AXTI designs and manufactures semiconductor substrates for data centers, 5G, photonics and lidar applications, while TSLL is a Direxion 2x leveraged fund targeting twice the daily performance of Tesla shares.
  • Five stocks we like better than ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ.

ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ, AXT, and Direxion Daily TSLA Bull 2X Shares are the three Mid Cap stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Mid-cap stocks are shares of companies with a market capitalization roughly between $2 billion and $10 billion (exact ranges vary by market and index provider). They typically offer a balance between the growth potential of small-cap firms and the relative stability of large-cap companies, making them a common choice for investors seeking moderate growth with moderate risk. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Mid Cap stocks within the last several days.

ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ (SQQQ)

ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ (the Fund) seeks daily investment results, which corresponds to three times the inverse of the daily performance of the NASDAQ-100 Index (the Index). The Index includes 100 of the non-financial domestic and international issues listed on National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation (NASDAQ) Stock Market.

Read Our Latest Research Report on SQQQ

AXT (AXTI)

AXT, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and distributes compound and single element semiconductor substrates. The company offers indium phosphide for use in data center connectivity using light/lasers, high-speed data transfer in data centers, 5G communications, fiber optic lasers and detectors, consumer devices, passive optical networks, silicon photonics, photonic integrated circuits, thermo-photovoltaics, RF amplifier and switching, infrared light-emitting diode (LEDS) motion control, lidar for robotics and autonomous vehicles, and infrared thermal imaging.

Read Our Latest Research Report on AXTI

Direxion Daily TSLA Bull 2X Shares (TSLL)

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