Long-term trends still favour these two

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These two stocks are down lately. That’s because they earn most of their income based on the value of the securities they manage for their clients, and the recent stock market volatility will probably hurt those asset values. Even so, both should continue to benefit as more investors approach retirement and turn to professional asset managers. STATE STREET CORP. $93 is a buy. The company (New York symbol STT; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 288.5 million; Market cap: $26.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.2; Dividend yield: 3.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.statestreet.com) sells accounting and administrative services to operators of mutual funds and pension plans. In the three months ended December 31, 2024, State Street’s fee revenue rose 12.1%, to $3.41 billion from $3.04 billion a year earlier. That’s mainly because new clients and improving stock markets lifted assets under custody and administration by 11.4%. Overall earnings before unusual items gained 20.9%, to $769 million from $636 million. The company repurchased $550 million of its shares…