Street Calls of the Week 

Consumer staples stocks being out of favor is an impeccable buying opportunity for value investors. No one knows what the stock market will do in 2026. We do know the S&P 500 (^GSPC 0.43%) is coming off three consecutive years of above-average returns, with a 78.3% gain from the start of 2023 to the end...

The Fool’s Take Many people would love to invest in robotic surgery leader Intuitive Surgical, but its shares are rather steeply valued now, with a recent forward-looking price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 54. Instead, consider Medtronic, whose Hugo robotic surgery system has been approved in the U.S. for urologic procedures. (The company is also a leader...