Good afternoon investors!

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Last month we introduced our latest addition to the Investor’s Edge catalog: a monthly “Edge Quick Picks” report. In this exclusive article we will break down 5 stocks that we believe are attractive from a valuation perspective right now.

Grab your coffee and let’s dive in.

As we do every month, before we can move on to our newest picks, we need to see how we performed the month prior. It was another great month, that is now 4 in a row and especially great considering how poorly the overall market performed. Our picks were up +5.5% on the month, led by Microsoft’s +19.5% move thanks to a strong earnings report. Other names also added to the overall move, with Booking +6.0% and Chevron +13.1%. Netflix and Uber traded like the rest of the market, both down over 5%, but not enough to hurt the overall monthly gain.

Overall, our picks significantly outperformed the S&P closing roughly flat in July, and our portfolio is now outperforming by a good amount YTD. The Edge Quick Pick portfolio is +32.8% YTD vs. the S&P at +9.5%.

Here is our list of 5 stocks we believe appear like a good buy at the start of August. For each of these stocks, we will go through several key valuation metrics that we like to use for our stock analysis: