Vanguard’s Hidden Opportunity in a Beaten-Down Sector
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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Why Is Buffett Pouring Into This High Yield Bet
2024 has been a surprising year for Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway. The company became the first American business outside of the tech sector to achieve a $1 trillion valuation, and an unusually buoyant stock market has caused many of its holdings to gain substantially in value.
Despite these successes, Buffett personally appears to be turning bearish.
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When Will Walmart Join The Trillion Dollar Club?
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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The Pet Care Powerhouse Flying Under Wall Street’s Radar
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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2 Recession-Proof Stocks to Beat the 2025 Slowdown
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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This Tiny AI Stock May Triple by 2030, Almost No One’s Watching
SoundHound AI isn’t the biggest name in artificial intelligence right now, not when companies like Nvidia and Microsoft are grabbing all the headlines.
But SoundHound may very well turn out to be one of the most surprisingly valuable small-cap AI stocks by the time 2030 rolls around. There’s a real story unfolding here and it’s starting to show up in the numbers.
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1 Company You’ve Probably Never Visited But Touch Every Day
At first glance, TSMC might look like just another chipmaker. But that’s like calling Lamborghini just another car company. TSMC doesn’t design chips, it builds them, using some of the most advanced manufacturing technology in existence.
TSM’s fabrication facilities, or “fabs,” can etch transistors smaller than viruses onto silicon wafers. That’s not hyperbole;
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US stock market dips today as S&P 500 slips from record high, Nasdaq drops with Tesla tumble amid Trump-Musk clash and looming July 9 tariff threat
US stock market today: S&P 500, Nasdaq slip as Tesla drops, Trump tariff plan and tax bill take center stage- US stock market today opened mixed on Tuesday as Wall Street closely tracked developments surrounding President Trump’s proposed tax and tariff policy, alongside Fed policy signals and labor market updates.