The stock market is maintaining most of its gains this year, but after rising through the first six months, it appears to have plateaued. There are several ways to look at this, but the bottom line is that investor confidence can only go so far when inflation is still rampant, and interest rates are at a 22-year high.

Many individual stocks are in a similar position, holding onto some massive price jumps this year but not going any further. It might take some big news to move the markets significantly in either direction, and that news is likely to be changes in interest rates.

Still, there are some excellent, young companies that stand to continue growing regardless of near-term interest rate moves. Both Airbnb (NASDAQ: ABNB) and (NASDAQ: ROKU) have promising prospects ahead. Let's see why they could make sizzling-hot additions to your portfolio.

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