Dear Readers,
Billionaires Mark Cuban and Chamath Palihapitiya have a lot more in common than owning NBA teams. They've also made headlines in the past couple of weeks with their comments on the post-coronavirus landscape.
In an upset of epic proportions, Palihapitiya's views are actually more outspoken than Cuban's. He appeared on CNBC last week and absolutely unloaded on the ultra-wealthy and corporations seeking bailouts.
Perhaps lost amid the fervor has been Palihapitiya's outstanding professional track record. But the
Cuban, meanwhile, unveiled his own thoughts on the post-virus investing environment. In the end, both arrived at a similar conclusion: now is the time to seek bargains in real estate.
Both viewpoints are included below in our usual range of stories, which fit into two categories: (1) expert recommendations and (2)
Expert recommendations
'I've gone to cash': Mark Cuban outlines his coronavirus investing strategy ahead of another 'leg down' in
While the billionaire entrepreneur and investor is patiently sitting in cash waiting for the coronavirus fallout to subside, he's still bullish on commodities and real estate. He unpacks his full views.
Billionaire Chamath Palihapitiya has reaped a 997% return since 2011. He shares his 3-part strategy for today's coronavirus-hit market — and outlines how he's mining real estate for opportunities.
The CEO of Social Capital has developed an intuitive framework for thinking about investing during downturns. With this methodology — which he describes as "excruciatingly boring, numbing, and time-consuming" — he's able to zero in on sectors and specific names that should benefit well into the future.
One of the world's best small-company fund managers tells us how he finds 'hidden growth' that others miss — and shares his 3 top picks for the year ahead
John Barr of the Needham Aggressive Growth Fund thrives by finding companies with growth potential that most of his peers are overlooking. He favors companies run by their founders, and firms that are making big investments in their business that haven't paid off yet.
Bank of America's wealth-management chief overseeing $2.7 trillion says investors must make 3 permanent changes to thrive in a market ravaged by the coronavirus
In an exclusive interview, Chris Hyzy — the chief investment officer for Merrill and Bank of America Private Bank — explains his view on how investors should rejigger their diversification, asset-allocation, and portfolio-rebalancing practices in a post-coronavirus world.
A Wall Street strategy chief lays out 8 stock trades that can give investors an extra jolt of returns as the post-coronavirus rally enters a new phase
Leuthold Group chief investment strategist Jim Paulsen says it's a good time for investors to add some risk to their portfolios and recommends focusing on stocks that are more volatile than the broader market.
An expert at Boyar Research lays out the Warren Buffett-inspired investing approach that's helped the firm crush the market for 7 years — and offers 4 stock picks for a coronavirus-battered market
John Boyar has outperformed the broader market by 6.9% on an annual basis over the past seven years. Today, he sees opportunities in stocks that have been battered by the coronavirus-induced sell-off.
Single-stock picks
Chris Davis is so good at picking stocks that he made clients $1 billion on a single trade. He breaks down 3 stocks poised to deliver as the coronavirus causes market mayhem.
Today, Davis is only investing in his absolute highest-conviction ideas as "fewer and fewer" businesses meet his stringent criteria.
- BANK OF AMERICA: Buy these 12 under-the-radar stocks that have balance sheets perfectly built to weather coronavirus turbulence
- Stocks are expected to see unprecedented moves this earnings season. Here are 18 under-the-radar trades Goldman Sachs says could pay off big.
- GOLDMAN SACHS: Make these 9 stock trades to capitalize on the enormous shift towards e-commerce with America on lockdown
- Buy these 21 stocks that are beating their peers by paying down debt amid an unprecedented plunge in cash spending, Goldman says
Best of the rest
- A 47-year market vet explains why he sees the economy's 'super-cycle' hurtling towards depression — and lays out his case for an 80% stock plunge later this year
- 450 flips with no prior experience: Here's the 3-part real-estate-investing strategy a former Microsoft engineer is using to generate 'piles of cash' in a market that's nearing recession
- 'Not a panacea': UBS explains why half of the companies the Fed is targeting with its $2 trillion loan stimulus may still go bust
- Bank of America breaks down how to build the perfect post-coronavirus portfolio — one designed to recover losses and get ahead of an eventual economic recovery
- MORGAN STANLEY: Investors have a rare opportunity to make low-risk profits in 2020. Here's a 3-part strategy for pulling it off.
- Goldman Sachs unpacks a ticking time bomb in the market's junkiest debt due to the coronavirus — and explains why even the Fed will be unable to avoid it
- 'People need to think very, very differently': Why Real Vision's 30-year market vet says the US is inching toward a 40-year paradigm shift — and thinks stocks haven't bottomed out yet
- A top strategist for JPMorgan's $2 trillion asset-management arm shares his 4-part strategy for a coronavirus recovery — and breaks down a surprising bond-market bet