Dear Readers,

The new year is underway, and we here at Business Insider know you're clamoring for ways to get an edge in the market. We already gave you the inside scoop on what the 7 top-performing fund managers of 2019 think will happen in 2020. We also gave you a comprehensive breakdown of what 14 top Wall Street equity strategists expect this year.

Now it's time to talk specific stocks.

Let's start with the companies that experts think will outperform this year — or the stocks you might want to buy right now. Goldman Sachs says these 11 stocks are drastically undervalued, and are poised to spike at least 30% in 2019. Here are the 5 favorite picks from an investor who finished 2019 in the 99th percentile compared to peers. You might want to supplement those with these 2 retail-apocalypse-proof stocks recommended by the No. 3 fund manager of 2019.

We even have you covered when it comes to ETFs. Here are the 14 funds Bank of America says are the best to buy as 2020 gets underway.

But that's only part of it. With the market still flirting with record highs, there are many stocks carrying hefty valuations. To that end, Goldman has identified the 10 most overvalued companies in the market, each of which they say could tumble 20%.

Going beyond that, here's a rundown of some more recent coverage:

'My net worth went up at least $100,000 on each purchase.' A 27 year-old real-estate expert shares how he sniffs out the perfect deal with 'virtually no risk'

Kevin Paffrath is a real-estate investor and YouTube sensation focused on "cookie-cutter" homes where it's easy to identify value and negotiate effectively. He shares the secrets behind how he was able to build an almost $7 million portfolio.

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A self-taught coder turned hedge fund manager explains why traders should be positioning for a Trump re-election — and lays out a big bet he's making on healthcare

Lukasz Tomicki, founder and portfolio manager of LRT Capital Management, thinks it would be a "big surprise" if Donald Trump is not re-elected in 2020. He says political rhetoric and volatility has helped create a buying opportunity within the healthcare space that is likely to continue for the next 12 months.

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JPMorgan's equity chief told us why ESG investing is 'a bubble in the making' — and explained how to avoid the reckoning when it bursts

Dubravko Lakos-Bujas, JPMorgan's chief US equity strategist, says investors aren't paying close enough attention to the fundamentals of companies that hold the ESG label. In an exclusive interview, he discussed why he sees a potential crowding issue in stocks that rank highly by that criteria.

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Other good stories from the investing realm:

• A Columbia professor shares the precise way to calculate a company's competitive 'moat' — a quality Warren Buffett has been laser-focused on for decades
• Goldman Sachs studied a century of history to nail down the 5 biggest triggers of recessions — and concluded that 2 pose risks we've never seen before
• Mark Minervini crushed markets with a 33,554% return over 5 years. Here are the select books out of the 4,000 in his library he says most fueled his success.
• BlackRock's $2.3 trillion bond chief explains why it's about to become much harder to save for retirement — and shares his best advice for doing it successfully
• A 'Shark Tank' investor who used to scrape gum at McDonald's shares exactly what he looks for in a deal — and why dropping out of high school was 'the single most important decision' he's made
• A fund manager who just had an enormous year says WeWork and Uber could be signaling a market bubble that threatens Americans' ability to retire
• A top-performing fund manager who's studied Warren Buffett his entire career breaks down the 3-part process he uses to dominate the vast majority of his peers
• A stock picker in Wall Street's top 1% tells us how he thrived with 'companies you wouldn't find on your own' — and shares the top 4 investing themes he's playing in 2020