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Today, Bryn Talkington and Josh Brown, CEO, Ritholtz Wealth Management commented about whether SG-Q, IEO-N, GOOG-Q, AMZN-Q, AMZN-Q, AAPL-Q, NVDA-Q, TSLA-Q, DVN-N, AAPL-Q, NVDA-Q are stocks to buy or sell.

BUY

She added more. Is confident. The stock is breaking out now. Next week, megatechs like Microsoft and Apple, will report on their AI initiatives. All roads lead to NVDA who will enjoy ongoing strong demand for their AI chips. When this has sold down, she closed her call positions as a way to play volatility.

WEAK BUY

This year, Apple has given market performance, not bad. But this will be a slow iPhone upgrade path, incremental. Also, how much AI sentiment is baked into the stock. She predicts 5% revenue and earnings growth with a lot of stock buybacks. It's a long-term story of a beloved stock. It will continue to be a market performer and holders won't sell it.

DON'T BUY

Is down 13% this year. She's growing short on this. Energy stocks are hit and miss--you pick your spots. The market simply doesn't like Devon.

TRADE

After the monster move this week, you can put on a short-term hedge by selling a Nov. $280 calls and collect $12 for 3 weeks.

HOLD

How much are expectations already built into the stock? In the past year, it has grown its EPS by 415% and sales by 195%. Investors have gotten used to this eye-popping growth, so he can't understand where future growth will come from. We know there's a global push to use AI, so who's left? It's unlikely past huge gains will happen again, though modest gains can still occur.

WAIT

Wait next week for their report to hear about their AI initiatives, which will be available only in English. So, overseas markets will be less excited. It will be a slow, underwhelming iPhone upgrade cycle. He notices that customers are buying the high-margin iPhone Pro Max phone--upgraders prefer the bigger, better phone. At 23x 2025 adjusted EBITDA, Apple is not cheap, above the average of 20x. Again, watch for the AI report.

BUY

Among next week's tech reports, he's most excited about Amazon, because the doubt on this stock is overdone. This could soar on a good report.

BUY

Among next week's tech reports, he's most excited about Amazon, because the doubt on this stock is overdone. This could soar on a good report.

DON'T BUY

Of next week's tech reports, he's most worried about Alphabet, a long-time holding. The stock is behaving terrible, especially compared to Meta. GOOG must convince the street that the ads on Gemini AI search will be at least profitable as internet search. Also, Perplexity is a serious competitor.

WEAK BUY

Energy has been the worst sector, but now it's the cheapest at 10x price to free cash flow and 12x PE. The median return in S&P energy is -3% vs. 30% for all S&P. 54% of IEO's names are negative, but he predicts some will be discovered this quarter. Problem is WTI is up 1% this year at $71. When WTI moves up, so will these stocks.

BUY

Looks like it will take out last week's high. Something's going on. Looks good.

BUY

Consider seasonality: there will be money managers playing catch up by throwing money at names like this. So, NVDA is likely to go higher along with the market.

WEAK BUY

When the company announce Apple Intelligence, shares surged, based on the expectation of a super-cycle upgrade. But this is not happening. Also, shares are vulnerable at a low-30s PE. But automatically, passive flows go into Apple.

BUY

He's the most interested in this name among the megatechs. Yes, regulatory issues and fines, but the real question is whether Perplexity is eating into GOOG's search business. If no, then GOOG is very cheap.

PARTIAL BUY

He bought it because he wanted defence exposure. Unfortunately, the world will demand defense (Middle East, Ukraine, BRIC). LMT's order book for fighter jets is strong. He bought a small position, because the valuation is high--he bit the bullet. He will add on weakness. Their last report showed signs of life in the margins, now that supply chain problems are gone.