The markets took Trump’s pro-business rhetoric as a positive sign, and the S&P 500 hit a record high this week. Markets seem hopeful that tariffs will push companies to produce more within the U.S. and cheered the expected corporate tax cut for companies manufacturing in the U.S. as well.

How much of this good news is already priced in, though, with the S&P 500 breaking its previous record high from December?

If we’re talking valuation, we have to mention the emergence of “meme coins”, the love child of meme stocks and crypto coins. Have you heard about Fartcoins and the FartStrategy? The folks behind it plainly state that it is “not designed to generate a profit and should be viewed solely as a source of amusement and entertainment.” Source Bloomberg’s Matt Levine.

My point is that now is a time to be more discerning than ever. If Wall Street is willing to try and sell you something as useless at Fartcoin, you have to wonder what else they’re willing to try and sell. We’ve seen this movie before. Remember WeWork?

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Now, on to this week’s published research.

We updated one of our Long Ideas this week. This firm managed to maintain its high margins through tough times and remains one of the industry leaders. We see more upside potential in this stock even if the economy slowly recovers.

On the Model Portfolio front, we published the latest Safest Dividend Yields Model Portfolio. We also featured a free stock pick from both the Most Attractive Stocks and the Most Dangerous Stocks Model Portfolios.

Last but not least, we published our Best and Worst Style ETFs & Mutual Fund series of reports for the first quarter of 2025. We rank every style from Very Attractive to Very Unattractive, as well as list the 5 best and worst ETFs & mutual funds for each individual style.

Links to all our newly published research are below along with a preview for next week’s research.

We hope you have a great week!

Long Idea: Royal Stock

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Safest Dividend Yields Model Portfolio Update for January

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Style Ratings for ETFs & Mutual Funds 1Q25

Best and Worst ETFs & Mutual Funds by Style

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