To The Moon

"Meme stocks, it is a charming name, but I think at the end of the day, momentum investing is nothing new," Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian told CNBC.Ohanian said technology will remain a force for retail investors whether it continues on the platform he helped create or another.Reddit co-founderAlexis Ohaniantold CNBC on Thursday that the meme stock frenzy — which traces its roots to the online forum website he helped create — is what happens when momentum investing is amplified by technology.

Firms are “flush with cash” and spending is at its highest in history, according to investment firmJefferies, which recommended dozens of U.S. and global stocks to play the trend.Jefferies’ capital expenditure — or capex — indicator is “going ballistic,” the bank said in a research note Monday, and there has been a surge in corporate spending on big-ticket goods such as ships, as well as on smaller items like plant equipment.Investment bankJPMorganalso picked stocks set to get a boost from the c