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A new month, a new Best Buys List.
Each month, I’ll give an overview of my favorite stocks of the month.
Let’s dive into this update and show you some of my favorite stocks.
June 2026
The S&P 500 fell -1.6% in June.
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Investors are fearful today according to the Fear & Greed Index:
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Best & Worst Performers
This overview shows you the best and worst performers in our investable universe.
Worst performers
The cheaper we can buy great companies, the better.
The biggest decliner this month? Oracle, losing 35%.
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Oracle provides enterprise software, cloud infrastructure, and database management systems.
It’s been seen as a beneficiary of the AI buildout, with the stock up 70% from April to the start of June.
But Oracle fell hard last month because of rising debt levels and continued spending.
Massive Spending: Management announced plans to raise another $40 billion through a mix of debt and equity to aggressively build out its AI cloud infrastructure
Debt Concerns: Oracle already has more than $130 billion in net debt, so investors are worried that the hyperscaler buildout will slow down before the debt is paid off
Dilution: Investors didn’t like the planned $20 billion equity issuance that will dilute existing shareholders
Best Performers
Newell Brands was this month’s best performer, increasing by 80%!
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Newell Brands is a consumer goods company with a portfolio of well-known household brands, including Rubbermaid, Sharpie, Coleman, and Yankee Candle.
This month a combination of improving consumer demand, automation investments, and a guidance raise caused a short squeeze.
Semiconductors
Perhaps more interesting are the other 4 stocks on the list.
They’re all related to semiconductors, which are the new hot stocks in the AI hype.
Applied Materials (AMAT): Makes the machines that add microscopic layers of materials onto silicon wafers to build the chips.
Lam Research (LRCX): Makes the machines that carve out (etch) those layers to create the tiny circuits.
KLA Corporation (KLAC): Makes the inspection tools that check for defects to ensure the chips actually work.
Corning (GLW): Supplies the ultra-pure, specialized glass used for lenses and mirrors inside chip-making equipment.
So far after the big run up in June, all 4 have fallen at l