We're Buying into 7 Positions With an End to the Government Shutdown in Sight

Symbol	Transaction Type	# Shares Traded	Recent Price $	Shares Owned After Trade	% Portfolio
ANET	Buy	182	$139.25	1,182	3.0%
CIBR	Buy	297	$75.50	2,545	3.5%
META	Buy	20	$631	331	3.8%
MSFT	Buy	49	$501	395	3.6%
NOW	Buy	20	$866	235	3.7%
PLTR	Buy	20	$184	1,120	3.75%
TJX	Buy	260	$144.75	947	2.5%

After you receive this alert and when the market opens, we will make the following trades:

Buy 182 shares of Arista Networks (ANET) at or near $139.25. Following the trade, the Portfolio will on 1,182 ANET shares, roughly 3.0% of its assets.

Buy 297 shares of the First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF (CIBR) at or near $75.50. Following the trade, the Portfolio will own 2,545 CIBR shares, roughly 3.5% of its assets.

Buy 20 shares of Meta (META) at or near $631. Following the trade, the Portfolio will own 331 META shares, roughly 3.8% of its assets.

Buy 49 shares of Microsoft (MSFT) at or near $501. Following the trade, the Portfolio will own 395 MSFT shares, roughly 3.6% of its assets.

Buy 20 shares of ServiceNow (NOW) at or near $866. Following the trade, the Portfolio will own 235 NOW shares, roughly 3.7% of its assets.

Buy 20 shares of Palantir (PLTR) at or near $184. Following the trade, the Portfolio will own 1,120 PLTR shares, roughly 3.75% of its assets.

Buy 260 shares of TJX Companies (TJX) at or near $144.75. Following the trade, the Portfolio will own 947 TJX shares, roughly 2.5% of its assets.

Over the last few weeks, we’ve increased the Portfolio’s cash levels, and with the Senate advancing a plan to end the longest U.S. government shutdown in what is being called a bipartisan breakthrough, we are putting some of that capital back to work. The agreement still needs to pass the House before the government can be reopened, but we are seeing what can be called a “sigh of relief” rebound in the market. And with China suspending some of the critical mineral export curbs trade tensions continue to thaw as well.

Except for ANET and TJX shares, we are taking advantage of recent pullbacks in the shares to round out our exposure. Following this series of additions, the Portfolio’s cash position will be reduced to around 8.5% of its assets from nearly 11.4% at the close of last week. Our thesis on ANET shares remains unchanged, and in our view the end of the shutdown should loosen purse strings and help reverse recent air travel issues as we move deeper into the holiday shopping season. We see that benefitting our shares of not only TJX, but also Costco (COST) and American Express (AXP) .

As we make these moves, we are likely to see the market upswell lift some of our positions that are closing in on 4.5% position sizes to or perhaps even beyond that level. While we are all for letting our winners run, past a certain point, we will heed our Portfolio discipline. Any such moves will help rebuild our cash position as we get back to finding new holdings for the Portfolio as we get ready to enter 2026.

That will see us keep our eyes open not only for new blood, but we’ll also keep shares of United Rentals (URI) and Labcorp (LH) on our radar screens.

We suspect we may get a question or two as to why we are not adding to the shares of Welltower (WELL) or Axon Enterprise (AXON) on Monday.

WELL shares currently sport an RSI figure of 72.90, and as you know, we are not ones to put capital to work in shares that are overbought.

We see quite the opposite picture with AXON shares and their RSI level at 30.54. However, when we added to the shares last week at $563.84, the subsequent rebound in the shares means our position size is already at 3.9%. While the Portfolio is filled to the brim with AXON shares, this is a good place for those who have been on the sidelines to make a move.

The same comment goes for Nvidia (NVDA) , Marvell (MRVL) , Costco and Eaton (ETN) shares, given their Monday morning, pre-market open position sizes.

As we let this relief rally wash over the market and the Portfolio, we will have an updated set of panic points and pick up points, as well as consensus EPS figures for the entire Portfolio, later this week.

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(Please note that we are looking to execute these trades at or near the share price mentioned above. Once the trade is completed, subscribers can see the trade's executed price here. Be sure to toggle the chart to sort by Purchase Date.)

At the time of publication, TheStreet Pro Portfolio was long ANET, CIBR, META, MSFT, NOW, PLTR, TJX, URI, LH, WELL, AXON, MRVL, NVDA, COST, and ETN.