The Best Stocks to Invest $50,000 in Right Now

With 2025 just around the corner, some people may be sitting on a lump of cash they'd like to deploy to the market. It doesn't matter if it's $50 or $50,000; most brokerages give investors access to fractional shares so they can buy the same stocks as someone with a much larger account balance can (just in smaller quantities).If you've got some cash on the sidelines and are looking to deploy it, I've got a few stocks worth buying right now.OK, this one is cheating a bit. And it also comes with a caveat. If this is your first step into investing, then the best stock to purchase is an index fund, like the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC). There are many options to invest in the S&P 500, but my favorites are the SPDY S&P 500 (NYSEMKT: SPY) and the Vanguard S&P 500 (NYSEMKT: VOO). Both of these low-cost ETFs act much like a stock and allow you to diversify to all corners of the market.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool