Stocks Worth $2.2 Trillion Are "In Play"; Here's What to Do

It's rare that so many of the market's biggest, most powerful companies get swept up in the proverbial whirlwind, but that's what's happening right now.

Headline risk is off the charts - and all over the place: Trump is gunning for Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN).

Privacy controversy still swirls around Facebook Inc. (Nasdaq: FB), where CEO Mark Zuckerberg is publicly trading barbs with Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) CEO Tim Cook - who is in turn said to be considering getting Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC) chips out of his Mac machines by 2020.

And all this while Elon Musk's crowd favorite Tesla Inc. (Nasdaq: TSLA) is burning cash at alarming rates.

Volatility rules right now. Like the saying goes, these are "Interesting times."

To help make sense of where these stocks - held by millions of investors - stand in the big picture, Editor Mahdis Marzooghian sat down with our Technical Trading Specialist, D.R. Barton, Jr.

No one reads a stock like D.R. - he's fresh from recommending the latest triple-digit (101.5%) gainer for his subscribers in the choppiest market in years.

Buy... hold... or flat-out dump: Here's exactly what D.R. thinks of these marquee stocks right now...

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Mahdis Marzooghian: Thanks for talking with us, D.R. The markets headed up right now, so let's dive right in with Elon Musk's electric car maker, Tesla. Are you a buyer or a seller at $268?

D.R. Barton, Jr.: I am a seller. Tesla is going through money; it is still burning cash. It says it's got the production going - a critical question for this company - but it's only two-thirds of the way to where it's supposed to be. It needs to stem that cash drain. The company says it doesn't have to raise capital right now, but I'm not sure I believe that.

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MM: Let's talk Apple. Tim Cook says words to the effect of, "Apple would never be in the same situation as Facebook," referring to the mishandling of user data. Zuckerberg indicated Tim Cook's comments were extremely glib.  I think users would say, "Just get on with what you're getting on with and let us use Facebook!" What do you think, D.R.?

DRB: That's seems to be the general consensus on Facebook, and I must say I'm pleased with one thing Zuckerberg's done here. He went out to Tim Cook and said something like, "Look, you are making products for the wealthiest people in the world, I am making a product that everyone can use. We have to do things differently than you can on your 'high-margin pedestal.'"

MM: How about Team Bezos - Amazon, which certainly seems to be in the administration's crosshairs. D.R. - you buying Amazon at $1,398?

DRB: That's a significant dip. I think now that we're going to have some ups and downs, we are going to be able to buy Amazon a little bit lower right now. In the long term, though, this is a "legacy stock." It's a long-term investment, and I'd continue to buy every time there's a significant dip.

MM: General Electric's trying to dig its way out of a very deep hole indeed. Would you be a buyer here? There are reports that it's selling part of its healthcare information technology business to a private equity firm. It got a cool $1 billion for it, and the stock is down about a quarter-point.

DRB: Oh, I'm not touching GE with a 10-foot pole. I have to say, I do think there's a price at which GE is buyable; to my taste, it's probably down another buck or so from here. The trouble - the "Catch-22" - for this company is it continues to sell off the properties that I think have some upside! I mean, I like that healthcare information business, and that's G-O-N-E gone.

Mahdis: Finally, would you buy Intel considering that Apple has plans to replace Intel chips in Macs with its own chips by 2020?

DRB: I think Intel is a buy at $49; I'm being bullish on chips as a whole in the intermediate term.

MM: Thanks for catching up with us, D.R.

DRB: My pleasure!

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