The Spotlight

At today’s $673 billion valuation, Walmart’s metrics track remarkably close to Microsoft’s pre-trillion phase, though through a distinctly retail-centric lens.

Where Microsoft achieved its milestone through software margins expanding from 28% to 35% over five years, Walmart charts its course through scale economics and business mix evolution, as evidenced by its operating margin expansion from 4.6% to 4.7% year-over-year.

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With the S&P 500 having advanced by about 23.7% year-to-date, deals among large-cap companies appear few and far between.

One stock that may be attractive, however, is Idexx Laboratories (NASDAQ:IDXX). This company specializes in veterinary diagnostic devices as well as poultry and livestock testing, among other animal-care essentials. Idexx also makes water testing supplies to monitor and maintain water quality.

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Euronet Worldwide (NASDAQ: EEFT) isn’t particularly well-known on US shores but it sits at the intersection of financial technology and the growing demand for cross-border transactions.

If you’re not already familiar with the firm it has a pretty diverse portfolio of financial technology services that encompass ATMs,

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The Honest Company (NASDAQ:HNST) is a lifestyle brand most famously associated with founder Jessica Alba that sells a variety of personal care and beauty products, as well as diapers and other baby care products.

It primarily sells online through its own website and other eCommerce channels, though its brand also has a presence in brick-and-mortar retailers.

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When a champion trader who generated 941.1% returns in 2020 spotlights a stock in an uptrend, it’s worth paying attention.

That’s precisely what happened when Oliver Kell shed light on ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW), a company that continues to dominate the enterprise cloud computing industry by automating and managing digital workflows.

In addition to the technical chart looking good,

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Will Bitcoin hit an all-time high before voters head to the polls?

While Bitcoin has demonstrated its potential to defy expectations, a new set of circumstances, including institutional support, hedge fund interest, and political influences, are converging, making the coming weeks critical for Bitcoin’s price trajectory.

So how high can Bitcoin go?

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Sometimes the seemingly most boring companies in the world produced the most extraordinary returns. One healthcare firm that hasn’t shot up – yet – but which has attracted the attention of a multi-billion dollar fund with a pristine track record may be set to do so.

Better yet, it’s trading close to the estimated price paid by the fund,

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Options trading is sometimes viewed as risky and that reputation is well-earned, especially when selling calls and puts naked. But when combined with stock ownership in the form of a covered call, it can be quite a conservative strategy.

Similar to the popular ETFs that track indexes like the S&P 500, a covered call ETF can be bought and sold like a stock,

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