Stock Opinions by Karen Firestone, CEO, Aureus Asset Management

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BUY

There's little chance their earnings will disappoint. There's a 75% chance they will meet expectations and talk about a good Q3. They could talk about their next-generation chip, too. All this could lift the stock after being sideways. A dividend won't move the needle and it's premature. From October 2022 to October 2025, NVDA rose 1,700%, but much slower in the past year. But this could be a base to accelerate again; it's trading at its 100-day moving average. 

BUY

Before earnings, the stock was flat because they were perceived as behind the curve in AI, even though they own half of OpenAI, and Co-Pilot has been a bust. But a Chinese open-source is coming soon to compliment Co-Pilot, which raise the profile of MSFT's AI.

BUY
Vanguard buys Altruist to compete with Schwab directly.

Schwab has been able to fight competition before and will respond. Schwab has been gaining market share including buying other companies. They use technology at their disposal.

BUY

It's all about scarce resources, and this company has resources (power).

HOLD
Downgraded today to sell

With Apple, there are always fundamental issues--manufacturing, chips, China, competition--which heat up as the PE rises, now 33x. If you're overweight Apple, they reduce their holding until the market climbs on the bandwagon when Apple is cheap and people load up. It always happens. She is happy to hold.

BUY

There is demand for their chips. Claude, ChatGPT, all these AI applications need more chips.

BUY

A great utility. AWK is the largest water utility in the world. Continues to like it. Was upgraded today.

DON'T BUY

She once owned it for many years, but the chart is now broken. People are concerned that their growth and high multiple are in jeopardy.

BUY

It trades less than the market PE and is breaking out.

BUY

It's up 14.5% from the bottom. This is one of the most valuable companies on Earth, so no it's not a software company that will become obsolete.

BUY

Trades at only 16x future earnings. Meta go hit so hard recently, but today they announced a deal with Broadcom. A fantastic stock.

BUY

They've been living under the cloud that software will make their business obsolete, but 90% of SPGI's business is proprietary. They're big on oil market data. SPGI has traded down to 22x PE vs. 27x normally. This current run will continue.

BUY

It's a good time to buy materials after a period of softness. They're in the chemicals and space businesses, which are tailwinds.

BUY

Is -30% the past year. They need to hit the 5% earnings growth target and talk about high-single digit growth for the rest of the year. They're in a good business, but has been slow. Th move by Medicaid will help. She still likes this. It reports tomorrow. She's bullish healthcare.

BUY

Is down a third this year from the private equity concerns, which are overdone, and which we're now seeing in the share price (a recovery).

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