5 Great Stocks to Buy If You’re New to Investing
The biggest challenge for many new investors is simply knowing where to start.
There's no clear consensus on how to invest. Value investors will say the best stocks to buy are cheap ones and rattle off plenty of statistics to defend their stance. Growth and momentum investors will counter that investing in dominant growth stocks is the way to go. After all, you're not too likely to find an all-star like Amazon.com (AMZN) sitting in the bargain bin.
What about dividends? Or share repurchases? Various studies have shown that focusing on these factors can generate solid returns.
Despite all the attempts to quantify investing, it is often more art than science. No single strategy is right for all investors. Some excel at charting and other forms of technical analysis, while some fundamentalists find bargains by digging into the minutiae of
