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Ever consciousness similar you missed the vessel successful buying the astir palmy stocks? Then you’ll privation to perceive this.

On uncommon occasions, our adept squad of analysts issues a “Double Down” stock recommendation for companies that they deliberation are astir to pop. If you’re disquieted you’ve already missed your accidental to invest, present is the champion clip to bargain earlier it’s excessively late. And the numbers talk for themselves:

• Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 erstwhile we doubled down successful 2009, you’d person $461,967!*

• Apple: if you invested $1,000 erstwhile we doubled down successful 2008, you’d person $48,271!*

• Netflix: if you invested $1,000 erstwhile we doubled down successful 2004, you’d person $532,929!*

Right now, we’re issuing “Double Down” alerts for 3 unthinkable companies, disposable erstwhile you join Stock Advisor, and determination whitethorn not beryllium different accidental similar this anytime soon.

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*Stock Advisor returns arsenic of April 6, 2026

This podcast was recorded connected March 31, 2026.

Tyler Crowe: It is merger mania this week. Welcome to Motley Fool Money. I'm Tyler Crowe, and contiguous I'm joined by longtime Fool contributors, Matt Frankel and Lou Whiteman, with 3 of america being portion of the Hidden Gems squad present astatine Motley Fool. As we said, determination has been a batch of question successful the merger and acquisition tract successful the past mates of days, and we're going to effort to interruption down arsenic galore of those deals arsenic we can. Also, we're going to get to immoderate listener questions. But to start, let's spell with a batch of the deals that's going connected successful the nutrient manufacture due to the fact that we had 2 doozies. There indispensable person been like, a batch of lawyers and concern bankers putting successful other hours this past play due to the fact that first, we got quality connected Monday that Sysco, the nutrient distributor, not the networking hardware company. Was acquiring backstage retailer Restaurant Depot for $26 billion. We'll get into the details successful a 2nd here. But I deliberation that was going to beryllium the header woody we were going to speech about. Then this morning, we had adjacent bigger woody wherever McCormick fundamentally said, "Hold my beer" due to the fact that they decided to merge with Unilever's nutrient part successful a $44 cardinal deal. What makes it benignant of striking is that McCormick itself is simply a $14 cardinal company, and Sysco arsenic doing a $26 cardinal woody was a $30 cardinal company. These are monolithic transformative changes successful beauteous sleepy user marque nutrient organisation businesses. Now, personally, arsenic I looked astatine the archetypal deals, I was a small dubious. But if forced to choose, I would astir apt accidental the Sysco Deal looks a small spot better. But I wanted to crook to you guys and spot what you guys thought of some of these. I'm going to commencement with you, Matt. Are either of these deals making Sysco oregon McCormick much attractive?