The Ivy

Imagine a business that has quietly dominated its industry for decades, steadily outperforming its rivals while keeping an impeccable balance sheet.

Add to the fact that it has thrived during economic downturns and periods of rising interest rates when its peers faded.

In recent years, it’s seen its earnings surge, boosted by both disciplined underwriting and a strong investment portfolio.

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As probably the world’s best-regarded stock picker, Warren Buffett isn’t usually associated with ETFs. Nevertheless, the legendary value investor’s portfolio at Berkshire Hathaway contains two ETFs, both of which track the S&P 500 index.

These two funds, namely SPY and VOO, account for a little over $45 billion of Berkshire’s total holdings. Why does Buffett own the S&P 500,

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While NVIDIA grabs the headlines, billionaire Stan Druckenmiller has pointed his canons towards Coherent Corp. (NASDAQ: COHR), making it the largest position in his portfolio. What is it about this stock that has warranted such a large stake and why did Stan put so many eggs in its basket?

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Stanley Druckenmiller is among the most astute stock pickers in the world and often ahead of broader market consensus. That may be attributable to his view that it’s best to buy with an eye on where things will be in 18 months versus today.

One of his latest buys, and a big one at that,

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Planet Labs (NYSE:PL) is a unique tech company that uses its fleet of satellites to image the entire planet every day.

Through this effort, Planet Labs has created a massive database of Earth images that can be used by its customers to draw insights about a host of industries, geographic changes and even military movements.

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Warren Buffett famously commented that he didn’t have to better at stock picking than others, he just had to be more disciplined.

Seems simple to say but look back at your trading and you’ll see why it’s so insightful. How many times did you sell when you got scared or buy when you got greedy?

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Cybersecurity company SentinelOne (NYSE:S) has seen its stock drop by about 12% YTD, following a broader slump among cybersecurity companies.

This dip, contributed to by both high valuations and market disillusionment after Crowdstrike’s disastrous July outage, has wiped out value for some shareholders while potentially creating opportunities for others.

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Sweetgreen (NYSE: SG) has been a darling of health-conscious urban dwellers for years. Even those who steer clear of salads have often been converted to raving fanatics after trying their tasty options and home-made salad dressings.

The most recent quarterly report revealed a mixed bag of news,

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As business teams become increasingly global and remote, it can be a challenge to keep an enterprise connected. Teams often use multiple devices and various communication methods in a single session, for example video conferencing and instant messaging.

Unified communications is the integration of all those aspects across an organization, which can dramatically improve productivity and efficiency.

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Recently, billionaire David Tepper went on CNBC to declare that the moves by China’s equivalent of the Federal Reserve to stimulate their economy amounted to a “buy everything” call.

Similar to how we stated “buy everything” in US markets back in 2010 when the Federal Reserve announced their commitment to do whatever it took to stimulate the US economy,

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