10 Top Stocks I'd Buy Right Now

Following the Federal Reserve's first rate increase in three years, Matt Frankel presents a curated list of 10 stocks to buy now, featuring a mix of safe compounders, dividend payers, and higher-upside growth names suitable for various investor types.

10/02/2026, 2:22 PM • The Motley Fool

Salesforce vs. CrowdStrike: Which Tech Stock Is a Better Buy in 2026?

The article compares Salesforce and CrowdStrike as enterprise software investments for 2026. Salesforce offers established stability with strong profitability (18% net margin) and a dominant CRM position, while CrowdStrike demonstrates faster growth (21.7% revenue growth) and record performance despite a steep valuation and lingering trust issues from its 2024 outage. The author recommends CrowdStrike for growth-focused investors due to its expanding addressable market and momentum.

10/02/2026, 10:29 AM • The Motley Fool

Comcast vs. Walt Disney: Which Media Stock Is a Better Buy in 2026?

Comcast and Walt Disney represent different investment strategies in the evolving media landscape. Comcast offers defensive characteristics with robust free cash flow (~$21.9B), higher dividend yield (5.99%), and lower valuation (P/E 7.03), but faces cord-cutting pressures and connectivity competition. Disney provides growth potential with strong IP assets, 132M Disney+ subscribers, and lower debt (0.4x D/E ratio), but carries higher valuation (P/E 20.90) and content cost risks. The author ultimately recommends Disney for investors seeking growth and brand power despite higher volatility.

10/02/2026, 10:14 AM • The Motley Fool

Marvell's Custom AI Silicon Deals With Hyperscalers Could Redefine Its Growth Story

Marvell Technology raised its fiscal 2028 revenue outlook to $18 billion with custom silicon expected to more than double. A major deal with Google worth $120 billion in cumulative revenue over six years, spanning accelerators and controllers, could significantly extend the company's growth runway as hyperscalers invest heavily in custom AI chips for data centers.

10/02/2026, 7:15 AM • The Motley Fool

WasabiCard to Convene Circle, Visa and Payments Leaders at TOKEN2049

WasabiCard, a stablecoin-powered payment infrastructure provider, will host the 'Stablecoin & Payments: Funds Flow' forum on October 6, 2026 in Singapore during TOKEN2049 week. The event will bring together executives from stablecoin issuers, card networks, fintechs, and digital-asset firms to discuss how stablecoin liquidity can be integrated into card programs, cross-border payouts, and enterprise payment operations at scale.

10/02/2026, 6:00 AM • GlobeNewswire

Ranking the "Magnificent Seven" From Most to Least Attractive, Based on Projected Cash Flow

The article ranks the Magnificent Seven tech stocks by projected cash flow per share for 2027, identifying Amazon and Meta as the most attractive bargains with valuations of 10.91x and 11.84x respectively, while Tesla and Apple are deemed expensive at 80.2x and 30.48x. Amazon benefits from AWS's high-margin cloud services and AI integration, while Meta's AI assistant Muse and massive user base of 3.6 billion daily active users provide growth catalysts.

10/02/2026, 5:06 AM • The Motley Fool

President Donald Trump's Investment Team Sold Up to $25 Million in 2 Foundational AI Stocks in July

President Trump's investment team completed 1,156 trades in July 2026, including sales of up to $25 million each in Amazon and Microsoft. Despite both companies' strong AI performance—AWS reported 37% YoY revenue growth and Azure grew 43%—the sales likely reflect profit-taking and concerns about overvalued AI stocks amid historically high market valuations.

10/02/2026, 4:06 AM • The Motley Fool

Tesla Is the Only Magnificent Seven Stock in the Red for 2026

Tesla is the only Magnificent Seven stock declining in 2026, down 23% despite strong sales growth of 26% year-over-year. The problem lies in profitability: operating income dropped 57% with margins shrinking to just 1.4%, while the company spends over $25 billion on AI and robotaxi initiatives that haven't yet generated measurable returns. With a P/E ratio around 155, Tesla's valuation appears disconnected from its current financial performance compared to peers.

10/01/2026, 10:37 PM • The Motley Fool

Amazon Signs 20 Year Nuclear Power Deal. That's Great News for This Nuclear Stock

Amazon announced a 20-year nuclear power deal with Constellation Energy, investing $3 billion to expand an existing nuclear facility. This demonstrates that major AI companies are willing to work through traditional utility operators to scale regional power production, which is positive news for NuScale Power, a small modular reactor company targeting utility companies.

10/01/2026, 5:37 PM • The Motley Fool

X-Energy Just Went Public in 2026. Here's How It Stacks Up Against Oklo, NuScale, and BWX Technologies.

X-Energy, a small modular reactor (SMR) developer, went public at $23 per share in April 2026 but has since dropped to $14, trading 40% below its IPO price. While the company has secured major deals with Amazon and Dow, it faces significant challenges including unproven TRISO fuel technology, regulatory hurdles with the NRC, and a premium valuation at 19x sales despite ongoing losses. The analyst recommends avoiding X-Energy in favor of more established nuclear players like BWX Technologies.

10/01/2026, 2:20 PM • The Motley Fool

Anthropic Could Beat OpenAI to Wall Street by Over a Year

Anthropic has filed its IPO prospectus and could go public before OpenAI, potentially becoming the first pure-play AI frontier lab available to everyday investors. The company showed 1,050% revenue growth to $4.6 billion in 2025 but posted an $8.06 billion operating loss. Anthropic plans to spend $518 billion on infrastructure and computing power in coming years, while OpenAI has delayed its IPO to 2027.

10/01/2026, 2:08 PM • The Motley Fool

UPS Dips Below $94 and Has a 7% Dividend Yield: Time to Buy?

UPS stock has fallen below $94, offering a 7% dividend yield that may attract income investors. However, the company faces significant headwinds including margin pressure from rising fuel costs, volume declines from the Amazon glide-down, and competition from Amazon's new supply chain services. With dividend costs of $5.4 billion against estimated free cash flow of $5.5 billion, there is minimal coverage for earnings deterioration, making this a risky entry point despite the attractive yield.

10/01/2026, 11:37 AM • The Motley Fool

The S&P 500 Is Near an All-Time High but Trading at Its Lowest Valuation in a Year. Nvidia, Alphabet, and Amazon Help Explain Why.

Despite the S&P 500 reaching near all-time highs with 13.1% year-to-date gains, the index trades at its lowest valuation in a year with a forward P/E of 19.4. Major growth stocks like Nvidia, Alphabet, and Amazon have become cheaper based on forward earnings ratios because their earnings growth is outpacing stock price increases. These companies are investing heavily in AI infrastructure, which could lead to significant margin expansion once their capital investments begin generating returns.

10/01/2026, 6:07 AM • The Motley Fool

Warren Buffett's Successor, Greg Abel, Jettisoned Amazon Earlier This Year and More Than 6X'd Berkshire's Stake in the "Apple" of His Eye

Greg Abel, Warren Buffett's successor as Berkshire Hathaway CEO, has significantly reshuffled the company's $358 billion investment portfolio. Abel sold off Amazon stock in Q1 2026, likely due to profit-taking and the departure of investment manager Todd Combs. Meanwhile, Abel has dramatically increased Berkshire's stake in Alphabet (Google parent) from $5.59 billion to $36.37 billion between December 2025 and September 2026, a 550% increase, citing the company's dominant search market position, YouTube strength, and promising AI ambitions in Google Cloud.

10/01/2026, 5:06 AM • The Motley Fool

If I Had $10,000 to Invest Today, Here's the Growth Stock I'd Buy Instead of SpaceX

SpaceX has lost 34% from its peak since going public in June and trades at an expensive P/S ratio of 87, suggesting further downside. Netflix, with a P/S ratio of 6.2 and P/E of 22.4, offers better value and growth potential, having captured only 7% of its $670 billion addressable market. The streaming giant's advertising business is expected to double to $3 billion by 2026, positioning it as a more attractive long-term investment.

10/01/2026, 3:29 AM • The Motley Fool