Where to Find the Best Bargain Stocks TODAY

Investors searching for the best stocks to buy today should look beyond the disproportionately recovered S&P 500.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ [Browser View]( [Wealthy Retirement]( Where to Find the Best Bargain Stocks Today Jody Chudley, Contributing Analyst, The Oxford Club [Expert Who Recommended Tesla at $37 Reveals Bold New Stock Prediction]( This obscure $7 5G stock has partnered with AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint. Its technology is protected by 200 patents. It counts the U.S. Army and Department of Homeland Security as customers. And it's expected to SKYROCKET on June 25. [Get the scoop here...](  Editor's Note: Did you catch Marc's State of the Market video this weekend? Each Friday, Marc publishes an urgent video digest of the week's news and what it means for the market. And this time, he covered the far-reaching implications of the recent crash in oil prices.  [Marc Lichtenfeld State of the Market Youtube Thumbnail ](  [Click here to watch his latest update](. Then, read on below to discover why Jody believes opportunity knocks for today's most beaten-up sectors. - Mable Buchanan, Assistant Managing Editor ---------------------------------------------------------------  [Jody Chudley]  I always pay very close attention to what the top investors in the world are saying... But I pay even closer attention to what they are doing. You see, I've got this crazy idea that the best investors make the best investing decisions. Therefore, the most likely place to find great investment ideas is in the portfolios of great investors.  How do I define the "best" or "great" investors? I'm referring to the top handful of pros who have put up superior investing track records for decades. These are the investors who have proven that they are exceptional over the long term. They aren't lucky - they are good. Included in my list is Oaktree Capital's Howard Marks. He recently said something I think we should all be aware of... "The S&P 500 Is Taking the Economic Collapse a Little Too Well..." [Last week]( when I wrote to you, I noted that despite the economy collapsing at a rate that we have never seen before, the S&P 500 Index is actually not even down from where it was a year ago. Marks was just on CNBC, where he also noted the surprising strength of the S&P 500. He is one of the most followed investors on Wall Street. His memos to investors are widely read across the financial industry. While on CNBC last week, Marks discussed how he felt that there is a disconnect between stock market performance and the reality the world is facing amid the coronavirus outbreak. His words... We're only down 15% from the all-time high of February 19, but it seems to me the world is more than 15% screwed up. His words weren't particularly eloquent, but I believe that they are true. The S&P 500 has rallied more than 30% from the low set on March 23. In doing so, it has retraced more than half of its fall from the record levels it hit on February 19.  [Chart - A Disproportionate Recovery in the S&P 500 ]  These words from Marks are a warning for investors. We need to be prepared for the fact that this bear market in the S&P 500 may not be over despite the big bounce back we have had in April. Marks also provided some historical perspective from the two prior bear markets for us to think about: It took seven years to get back to the 2000 highs in 2007... it took 5 1/2 years to get back to the 2007 highs in late 2012. So is it really appropriate that, given all the bad news in the world today, we should get back to the highs in only three months? That seems inappropriately positive to me. I agree with pretty much everything that he said - but that doesn't mean we shouldn't be buying stocks.  [No. 1 WORST Big Pharma Co. on the Planet? (See How to Score Up to 500% Gains on Its Collapse)]( One Big Pharma company is now facing an investor class-action lawsuit after claiming it had a coronavirus vaccine when it DID NOT! And Oxford Club biotech expert Marc Lichtenfeld is not surprised. He says this company has never commercialized a drug in its 40-year history. Never. Not once. Now he says it's time to take these guys down... and profit by up to 500% from their predictable collapse. [See how here.](  Outside the S&P 500, Market Action Has Been Very Different Despite the economic carnage, the S&P 500 isn't even down year on year. It is off only 15% from its all-time high reached in February. But last week, we explored how those numbers need a closer look... When we did, we saw how the big tech stocks - Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), Google's parent company Alphabet (Nasdaq: GOOGL), Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX), Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) - that now dominate the S&P 500 are the reason the index has held up so well. But outside the big tech names, the stock market reaction has been very different. The sell-off has been much more severe. To show you just how severe, I pulled data for four exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that tell a very different story than the S&P 500. These four ETFs represent... - The American banking sector - The energy sector - The homebuilding sector - Small caps. [Chart - Outside the Rose-Colored Lenses of the S&P Drastic Sectorwide Downfalls ]  As per usual, a picture tells a thousand words... All four ETFs have declined by at least a third this year, with American banks and energy down more than 40%. (Remember, these big declines are not the moves of one stock. These are ETFs that are diversified across their specific sectors.) That means that these entire sectors have been hammered. For example, the iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (NYSE: IJR) that I included in the chart is widely diversified across 600 different stocks. Those companies represent all of America's industries. If this 600-stock ETF is down 30%, that means there are individual stocks within it that are down much more than that. (Energy in particular could have even more trouble in store. For the inside details on oil's latest crash - which energy experts have begun calling the "OPECalypse" - [click here](.) Outside of the S&P 500, the stock market has experienced a deeper decline. That is why I believe there are excellent buying opportunities. Like us, Howard Marks must be looking beyond the modest decline in the S&P 500 for bargains as well. In his recent memo to his Oaktree Capital investors, Marks said that it's time to stop "playing defense." He is buying today when he finds good value - and his opinion is worth listening to. To be clear, while Marks believes there is value to be had, I'm sure he would also tell you that patience will be required before that value is realized. While I believe that the worst may be behind us, it may be a while before this bear market is done. Good investing, Jody P.S. One sector in particular is going to cause a lot of heartbreak for investors before it recovers. To find out the insidious cause behind the disruption in American energy - and details on which companies are likely to recover or die as a result - [click here](.  [Click Here to Comment](  [Stock Legend: "This Is the Best Buying Moment in History"]( This stock guru bought Apple in 1996, Netflix in 2005 and Amazon in 2005 too. Now he says we are sitting on the ultimate buying opportunity. [Find out the details on the three stocks he is urging people to buy now.](  - More From Wealthy Retirement -   [Seniors Traveling]( [On the Road Again (Someday)]( [Our eagerness for traveling after lockdown is a good sign for this beleaguered industry...](  [Senior Reading Book]( [Best Reads for Quarantine]( [This list of the best finance books is a great place to start for quarantined investors hoping to broaden their skill set.](  [Investor Calculating Index Weightings]( [Is This the Death of Crude?]( [Plummeting crude prices could put many folks' retirements - and the U.S. dollar - at risk.](    [Facebook]( [Twitter](   [Tea Cup](  [The P-E-R-F-E-C-T Drink]( Suffer from irregular blood pressure? Uncontrolled blood sugar? Inflammation? Do you struggle with weight loss? Pain? Low energy? Then [this miraculous drink]( may be ideal for you! Just one glass of this delicious drink each morning is all it takes. [Click here for the simple recipe.](  You are receiving this email because you subscribed to Wealthy Retirement. To unsubscribe from Wealthy Retirement, [click here](. Need help with your account? [Click here](. Have a question or comment for the editor? [Click here]( mailto:mailbag@oxfordclub.com?subject=Wealthy%20Retirement ). Please do not reply to this email as it goes to an unmonitored inbox. To cancel by mail or for any other subscription issues, write us at: Wealthy Retirement | Attn: Member Services | 105 West Monument Street | Baltimore, MD 21201 North America: [1.855.402.3939]( | International: [+1.443.353.4057]( | Fax: [1.410.329.1923]( Website: [www.wealthyretirement.com]( Keep the emails you value from falling into your spam folder. [Whitelist Wealthy Retirement](. © 2020 The Oxford Club LLC All Rights Reserved [Oxford Club] The Oxford Club is a financial publisher that does not offer any personal financial advice or advocate the purchase or sale of any security or investment for any specific individual. Members should be aware that although our track record is highly rated by an independent analysis and has been legally reviewed, investment markets have inherent risks and there can be no guarantee of future profits. The stated returns may also include option trades. We expressly forbid our writers from having a financial interest in their own securities recommendations to readers. All of our employees and agents must wait 24 hours after online publication or 72 hours after the mailing of printed-only publications prior to following an initial recommendation. Any investments recommended by The Oxford Club should be made only after consulting with your investment advisor and only after reviewing the prospectus or financial statements of the company. Protected by copyright laws of the United States and international treaties. The information found on this website may only be used pursuant to the membership or subscription agreement and any reproduction, copying, or redistribution (electronic or otherwise, including on the world wide web), in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited without the express written permission of The Oxford Club, 105 W. Monument Street, Baltimore MD 21201. Â