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Quality stocks have been beaten down. Here are some potential bargains

A market dislocation has created value in Home Depot, Starbucks and Nike, among others currently trading at big discounts

Which stocks could be a good buy after markets took a battering?
Which stocks could be a good buy after markets took a battering? Photo: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images

Jeff Reeves is a MarketWatch columnist. He doesn’t own any of the funds or stocks mentioned in this article.

As the saying goes, it pays to be greedy when others are fearful. And right now, there’s certainly no shortage of fear on Wall Street. We saw a nearly 9% decline in the S&P 500 Index in the first two months of this year. The Nasdaq’s drop was more than twice as bad.

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