An essential building block for patient, buy-and-hold portfolios, these names have a long record of raising their payouts, reflecting strong confidence in their future earnings.

Sacrificing short-term profits for long-term success, both of these names could begin bearing fruit in the new year.

With a possible global deflationary problem in 2026, gold is back in style.

Our target potential upside is 26%-40% in the next 3-6 months.

Surging over sixfold since going public earlier this year, it’s undervalued relative to its peers and there’s still more room for another rally.

With a growing backlog and upside potential from near-term contracts and long-term infrastructure roles, it appears well-positioned for growth.

Here are today’s upgrades and downgrades: Southern Copper, Brown & Brown, Pool Corp., Ametek and more.

This ‘strong buy’ is up 1,500% in the past five years, but down 25% from its recent highs.

With inflation expected to accelerate, they’re likely to be the top performers in the near term.

These names look poised to make a move in the coming days: Albemarle, CoreWeave, Sandisk and more.