Dollar Stores Top Mag-7 in 2025: Time for Value & Dividend ETFs?

Artificial intelligence (AI) may be a hot growth theme right now, but there’s an indication that the underlying trend shows a preference for value. Two of the best-performing stocks of 2025 reflect something entirely different — the real condition of the U.S. economy.Two of the top performers Dollar Tree (DLTR) and Dollar General (DG) have seen their shares surge about 57% and 64% year to date, respectively — outperforming even NVIDIA’s (NVDA) 34.2% gain, as quoted in a Yahoo Finance article.The dollar duo’ ...