Morningstar, Inc. - November 14, 2025
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ADVERTISEMENT  Editor's Picks  Fed officials are divided on the path for rates, and disruptions to government inflation and jobs data aren’t helping. Sarah Hansen  Challenges in today’s credit markets could be canaries in the coal mine or red herrings. Dan Lefkovitz  Large distributions trigger large tax bills. Here’s what you should know. Christine Benz, Margaret Giles  Tie a portfolio review, tax planning, and charitable giving into a one-stop annual portfolio review. Christine Benz Investing Insights Vanguard dominates the list of best-performing corporate bond funds. Gabe Alpert AI and consumer spending are boosting balance sheets. Sarah Hansen Just a handful of AI-related leaders have carried the market to new peaks, while other stocks have been left behind. Bella Albrecht With reduced unit production costs and raised guidance, here’s what we think of Albemarle’s stock. Seth Goldstein Patient, risk-tolerant investors stand to benefit from its approach. Tony Thomas This stock offers a reliable yield and upside potential backed by durable competitive advantages. Erin Lash They both offer diversification, but gold’s stability in crises reaffirms its safe-haven status. Larry Swedroe Recent Earnings New Stock Analyst Reports Merck KGaA's (MRK) third-quarter results included 5.2% organic sales growth and an adjusted EBITDA margin increase of 70 basis points to 31.4%. Management confirmed its full-year outlook while narrowing the ranges to approximately 3% organic sales growth and 5%-7% adjusted EBITDA growth. Life science organic sales growth was solid at 5.9%, and the electronics segment returned to organic growth at 4.8%. Healthcare reported organic growth at 4.6%. New Fund Analyst Reports Baron Discovery (BDFFX) earns a People Pillar upgrade to High, marking its status among the better choices in its Morningstar Category. Laird Bieger and Randy Gwirtzman’s managerial journey began in 2013 and has taken them through both bull and bear markets. The Tools You Need to Invest Like an Analyst Stay connected:
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