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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1 Stock That Will Pay You Monthly
When Charlie Munger was a boy, he described an encounter he had with an older man who seemed to work very little but had a lot of money. Curious what the man did he questioned the line of business he was in and discovered to his surprise he “rendered dead horses.” What Charlie learned from the conversation was less about horses and more about how one man got rich because he was the only player in that market.
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457 Million Reasons to Buy This Auto Stock
When you find an investment manager overseeing $1.2 billion, it warrants further investigation when they bet one fifth of their entire portfolio on a single stock. Yet that’s exactly the conviction that Impactive Capital demonstrated by betting 20.4% of their portfolio on an automotive retailer.
Amid the universe of thousands of stocks, what is it that Impactive portfolio managers saw in Asbury Automotive that motivated them to allocate $457 million of their fund to it?
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Spotlight: What to Buy If Things Get Crazy Soon
Among the first lessons any great investor learns is “Don’t Fight The Fed.” Simply put, it means when the Fed is accommodative and engaging in quantitative easing, money is cheap and economies boom. Some call this the Fed Put because as markets fall, the Federal Reserve acts swiftly to provide liquid support by buying bonds.
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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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1 Overlooked AI Monster
Most investors think they need to hunt down small, speculative companies to ride the artificial intelligence wave. But the truth is, one of the best AI plays has been sitting in plain sight all along, Alphabet.
AI is here to stay, and Alphabet may be the most complete way to gain exposure.
Key Points
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Alphabet builds chips,
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Billionaire Doubles Down on This AI Powerhouse
Lately, billionaire Philippe Laffont has been making bold moves. During the second quarter, Laffont sold part of his Amazon stake, trimming it by about 5% and turned his attention to a name most retail investors barely know, CoreWeave, a company that sits at the center of the AI infrastructure explosion.
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Laffont slightly reduced Amazon after strong gains,
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Warren Buffett Reveals the One Investing Tip That Could Change Your Financial Future
Key Takeaways
- Buffett urges investors to stick to a “circle of competence,” investing only in businesses they fully understand.
- His top priority is a company’s durable competitive advantage, not trends, forecasts, or buzzwords.
Warren Buffett, revered for turning Berkshire Hathaway Inc.