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Every fall, a tight-knit group of investors gathers for a friendly, but fiercely competitive, stock picking challenge. It’s hosted by Paul Tudor Jones, the legendary hedge fund manager. But it isn’t just for a good cause. The top picks from the event, backed by the likes of Bill Ackman and Stan Druckenmiller, would’ve returned 7x your money in just six months.

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Buying the dip can feel like a savvy move, but there’s a fine line between a bargain and a “falling knife.” The trick is knowing which is which.

When a company leads its industry, is riding powerful megatrends, and trades at a rare discount, buying the dip might not just be smart, it might be a steal.

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Target (NYSE: TGT) hasn’t had the best run lately. In fact, shares have slid 29.9% so far this year, a sharp contrast to the broader market, with the S&P 500 flat on the year. It’s a tough pill to swallow, especially when you consider Target was already on the back foot coming into 2025.

But here’s the twist,

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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,

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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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