The Spotlight

United Parcel Service may be a household name, but lately, its stock performance has left investors anything but comforted.

UPS started 2025 on the back foot. In the first quarter, revenue slipped slightly, margins were underwhelming, and earnings per share were up just 4% year-over-year. What’s more telling? U.S. daily delivery volumes were down by around the same amount.

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When investors talk about reliability in the energy sector, Enbridge (NYSE: ENB) belongs in a class of its own. For over seven decades, this Canadian pipeline and utility powerhouse has paid a dividend, an almost unheard-of feat in an industry known for boom-and-bust cycles.

Even more impressive is that it has raised its dividend for 30 consecutive years,

 » Read more about: 1 Dividend Powerhouse Built for the Long Haul  »

While no company has reached that towering $4 trillion milestone yet, Microsoft, Apple, and Nvidia are all within striking distance.

It’s not inconceivable that any one of them could be first past the post but if you’re asking who not only gets there, but stays there, the strongest case can be made for Microsoft.

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Warren Buffett isn’t just a famous investor, he’s in a league of his own. Over nearly six decades, he’s compounded Berkshire Hathaway’s value at close to 20% annually. If you invested a meagerly $100 and let it grow at that pace for 60 years, you’d end up with over $5.6 million.

Yet despite Berkshire’s trillion-dollar size today,

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Vanguard is known for its low-cost, no-fuss ETFs and when it comes to equity investing, they offer a lineup of about 50 stock-focused funds that make it easy to diversify with a single ticker.

One of the more cyclical areas of the market is consumer discretionary and it’s been getting hit hard in 2025.

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When it comes to investing, few names carry the weight of Aswath Damodaran, the NYU professor who literally wrote the book on valuation.

In a wide-ranging conversation with Motley Fool, Damodaran shared a masterclass on navigating markets in uncertain times.

From the political entanglement of major corporations to the dominance of passive investing,

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When storms hit the financial markets, most investors scramble for cover. But what if you could build a portfolio designed to weather any storm, one that doesn’t flinch when stocks sink, inflation spikes, or economic growth stalls?

That was the question billionaire Ray Dalio sought to answer when he created his now-famous All Weather portfolio,

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While many economists and investors initially expected 2025 to be another good year, the outlook in America has soured rapidly as steep tariffs and a softer labor market appear set to increase prices and curtail growth.

Recently, JPMorgan Chase analysts raised their predicted recession risk for the year from 30% to 40% due largely to America’s emerging trade wars.

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After weeks of sluggish price action, Brinker International (NYSE: EAT) is starting to show signs that the bulls are back in the kitchen.

On March 25th, EAT delivered a textbook technical setup that a technical trader could only but describe as a “character change.”

The stock filled a prior gap from early March,

 » Read more about: Brinker Just Flashed Classic Reversal Signal, Time to Take a Bite?  »

Gaming company Roblox (NYSE:RBLX) operates a massive platform that allows creators to build and share their own games with little to no existing programming knowledge.

The platform is home to tens of millions of user-generated games, known as “Experiences” by the company. In the last 12 months, the company’s shares have gained almost 60 percent,

 » Read more about: Roblox Stock Soared 60% But Is the Party Just Getting Started?  »