Yassine and David Wagner

Investing.com: Many investors looking to make big gains in growth are searching for high-potential investments themes. The downside is that you take more risk investing in stocks from established sectors than in the trade-off.

Investors who are looking to stay ahead of the game in 2022 may be interested to see if there have been any new investment trends that were reinforced or reaffirmed by 2021.

This article will discuss three recent trends in investment that may be popular by 2022. We’ll also include relevant stocks for investors interested to learn about each theme. These are not necessarily top themes, just emerging themes worth a spot on savvy investors’ radar. The stocks listed for each investment theme aren’t recommended stock to purchase, they just serve as examples.

All prices as at December 23rd, market close.

Battery and lithium

Investors who are environmentally conscious have been attracted to electric vehicles for decades. Experts believe that EVs will eventually replace diesel and gasoline cars in the future. Others are interested in investing in renewable energy, such as solar, wind, or hydroelectric power.

Renewable energy storage and, more specifically, battery investment is the best method to invest in renewable energies. The production of renewable energy must be able to meet the challenges of distribution and storage. If governments worldwide want to transition completely to renewable energy, then the demand for storage and batteries should increase dramatically. Investors can look to battery manufacturers, or make direct investments into lithium producers. Lithium is an indispensable raw material for batteries.

Important Stocks from the Batteries/Lithium Industries

Lithium Americas Corp (NYSE:)

• Current price: $29.06

• Market Cap: $3.4B

• Lithium production and exploration are business opportunities

• InvestingPro fair value: $18.39 (-37% downside)

• Target analyst for 12-months: 35.24 (2% upside).

Livent Corp (NYSE:)

• Current price: 24.99

• Market Capture: $4B

• Manufacturing lithium compound for business

• InvestingPro fair value: $15.89 (-36% downside)

• The average 12-month analyst goal: $29.77 (90% upside).

Quantumscape Corp. (NYSE:

• Current price: $24.57

• Market Cap: $10.4B

• Researcher/Developer of Lithium Batteries for Business

• InvestingPro fair value: $19.62 (-20% downside)

• The average 12-month analyst goal: $32.33, with a potential upside of 32%

Psychedelic Medicine

Following cannabis’s trajectory from a few years ago, some psychedelic and hallucinogenic substances once considered illegal drugs are attracting the attention of the medical world.

Although this industry is still in its infancy it has many studies that support the potential for psychedelic health care.

Three reasons investors are turning their attention and capital to this sector include the growing need for mental health treatment, changing legislation, and wide public support.

First, psychoedelic medication will play an integral role in treating mental disorders that have worsened in a post-COVID environment. Mind from the UK reported that over two thirds of people with serious mental illness said their mental condition deteriorated after the lockdown. The full impact of the lockdown and how it affected the population are still unknown.

Pharmaceutical companies responded to this need by looking to make significant investments in the development of new treatments.

The government is also encouraged to quickly act to ensure the safety and well-being for their citizens. The stocks of companies working on psychedelic treatments could see a high demand for 2022, as a result.

Important stocks in Psychedelic Medicine

Mind Medicine Inc. (NASDAQ:

• Current price: $1.69

• Market Cap: $712M

• Businesses: Development and research of drug based on LSD and psilocybin.

• InvestingPro fair value: $1.54 (-9% downside)

• Target analyst for 12-months: $8 (plus upside).

Cybin Inc (NYSE:)

• Current price: $1.26

• Market Cap of $203M

• Business: The development and testing of drugs using psilocybin, and other psychedelic chemicals.

• InvestingPro fair value: $1.24 (-1% downside)

• Target analyst for 12-months: Average $8.21 (plus 10% upside).

Compass Pathways Plc (NASDAQ:)

• Current price: $23.78

• Market Cap: $992M

• Business: The development and testing of psilocybin based treatments and drugs

• InvestingPro fair value: $17.69 (-26% downside)

• Target analyst for 12-months: Average $82.1 (80%+ upside).

Construction of the Metaverse

While the exact definition of metaverse remains elusive, investors are not afraid to make investments in this area. Since Facebook (NASDAQ) declared the creation of metaverses its primary objective, it rebranded its business to Meta Platforms.

The metaverse is an online world that allows for social interaction and commerce. Analysts believe this will be the next big revolution in the Internet.

The metaverse concept is still vague and has yet to be fully implemented. This makes it difficult for investors to pick the most suitable stocks.

Some stocks are safer than others for metaverse wagers. Experts believe investors should avoid betting on the stocks of metaverse-related companies. Instead of taking a chance on companies with a direct business connection to the metaverse or companies who own the technology needed to make them, they would do better looking to the architects of that metaverse.

Graphic card and computer chip companies seem obvious choice in this space, because creating navigable metaverses and virtual reality experiences will need far more graphic processing power than the current games and experiences on traditional computers screens.

Chip stocks also have the potential to profit from many emerging trends in 2022 such as artificial intelligence and cloud computing, data centers and crypto mining.

Software will play a role in the metaverse as well, and companies with graphics technology that is essential for the technical and artistic creation of metaverses could be attractive.

The Metaverse: Notable Stocks

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ)

• Current price: $296.4

• Market Cap: $741B

• Manufacturer of Semiconductors (graphics Processing Units, and other Chips)

• InvestingPro fair value: $225.66 (-24% downside)

• Analyst target for 12-months: Average $333.16 with 12% upside

Unity Software Inc (NYSE:)

• Current price: $145.57

• Market Capture: $42.5B

• Software for 3D Environments in Business

• InvestingPro fair value: $103.29 (-29% downside)

• The average 12-month analyst goal: $174.46 (20% upside).

Matterport Inc (NASDAQ:)

• Current price $23.22

• Market Cap: $5.9B

• Businesses: Reproduction technology for virtual buildings

• InvestingPro fair value: $14.72 (-37% downside)

• Target analyst for 12-months: $30.20 (upwards of 30%).

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