Got $1,500? You Can Confidently Add These 3 Stocks to Your Portfolio.

A sleep-well-at-night (SWAN) strategy for stock picking is a goal for many long-term investors. Free cash flow, dividends, or buybacks, and operations in secular growth industries are three things to look for in these stocks. If you have $1,500 in an investment account, whether from dividends, selling a winner or cutting losses on a loser (it happens), or monthly deposits adding up, these stocks may be an excellent place to invest for the long term.