Should You Invest $1,000 in Uber Right Now?

Uber shares are up 31% in 2025, despite heightened volatility.Uber Technologies (UBER 0.36%) is the defining business in the gig-economy era. It rode the wave of smartphone penetration and better internet connectivity, as well as a desire for greater flexibility from drivers and riders, to achieve monster success in the past decade. Shares have been on fire, with prices soaring 220% just in the past three years (as of Dec. 22).Should you invest $1,000 in this growth stock right now? Uber's network effect is ...