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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.

Before we move on to our January picks, let’s see how we did in December. To be honest, it wasn’t our best performance. Just 2 of the names beat the S&P 500 in the month while 3 of the 5 stocks we chose actually closed in the red. We were off just slightly since CVX and MELI are up 3.5% and 8%, respectively, year to date in 2026.

Here’s a look at the one month total returns:

The funny part, well not so funny for our money, was as we just mentioned, both Chevron and MercadoLibre saw a HUGE pop to start January following the Venezuela news. We were just a bit early on both those names but what can you do. It was still a great year overall for our picks.

For the full year 2025, our quick picks were +62.2% compared to the SPX returns of +17.8%. Overall, 45 of our 60 picks were winners last year, a win rate of 75%, meaning roughly 4 of the 5 picks each month tend to beat the S&P. Here’s a look at the results if you started the year with just $1,000 and followed the picks exactly:

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