Among the most promising investments that could take off later this year are Align Technology (NASDAQ: ALGN) and Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV). While investors right now are down on growth stocks and worried about inflation and geopolitical issues, that's not a reason to sell Align shares. Southwest's 7% decline year-to-date looks modest, but over the past 12 months it has crashed 34%; a lot of the bleeding already took place before the end of 2021 due to the emergence of the omicron COVID-19 variant.