After an epic run following initial economic lockdowns (and a concurrent "market crash") last spring, stocks rallied and finished 2020 strong with double-digit percentage returns. Just over halfway through 2021 the market is on a tear again. The S&P 500 is up 17% year to date.
Some investors thus fear another crash could be looming, and that's fair. A decline of 10% or more from recent highs occurs roughly every year-and-a-half to two years. But that's just an average. There's no telling when the market will take a nosedive, and foregoing investment returns until that point in time could be worse than just buying now. Plus, buying shares of growing businesses is one way to beat the market when it does finally take a tumble. Three stocks you can start buying right now are Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ: ISRG) , Lemonade (NYSE: LMND) , and Texas Instruments (NASDAQ: TXN) .
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Forget a Market Crash, Start Buying These 3 Stocks Now