Rating 7 Popular Stocks a Buy, Sell, or Hold

We have made it through the earnings season and now we approach what is historically the worst month of the year for the S&P 500 index. September is far and away the worst month, and with valuations where they are, should investors be looking to take some profits?

In today's video, I will discuss seven popular megacap stocks and give you my rating on each. The stocks we will go through include the likes of Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA), and Apple (NASDAQ: APPL), to name a few.

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*Stock prices used were end-of-day prices of Aug. 1, 2025. The video was published on Aug, 2, 2025.

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Mark Roussin, CPA has positions in Alphabet, Amazon, ASML, and Microsoft. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends ASML, Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta Platforms, Microsoft, and Tesla. The Motley Fool recommends the following options: long January 2026 $395 calls on Microsoft and short January 2026 $405 calls on Microsoft. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

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