Whole Foods Market, Inc. (WFM), National-Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NOV), Baidu.com, Inc. (ADR) (BIDU): 3 Stocks to Buy from “The World’s Greatest Retirement Portfolio”

Next on my list of good buys for the month is National-Oilwell Varco. Though the company beat on both revenue and earnings marks in its latest release, the market hasn’t shown it too much love. As fellow Fool David Lee Smith shows,  however, National Oilwell has superior margins (it’s efficient) and significantly less debt (it’s smart with money) than its rivals.

The bottom line with the company is this: As long as companies are searching for natural gas and oil — especially deep-water oil — they’ll be coming to National-Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NYSE:NOV) to meet their parts needs. Though I’d love to see a reduction in overall energy consumption in the world, or a move to sustainable energy, I’m not a fool (lowercase “f”): Oil and natural gas will be around for a while. At just 12 times earnings, this company looks like a buy to me.

Finally, we’ve got a company that seems to always find a place on this list: Baidu.com, Inc. (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU). The Chinese search engine produced results last year that speak for themselves: Revenue was up 54%, and net income increased by 58%. But because of worries about competition and increased spending to invest for the future, shares are trading hands for the cheapest (in terms of P/E) price ever!

The article 3 Stocks to Buy from “The World’s Greatest Retirement Portfolio” originally appeared on Fool.com and is written by Brian Stoffel.

Fool contributor Brian Stoffel owns shares of Apple, Google, Coca-Cola, Johnson & Johnson, Amazon.com, Baidu, National Oilwell Varco, Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ:WFM), Intuitive Surgical, and PriceSmart. The Motley Fool recommends Amazon.com, Apple, Baidu, Coca-Cola, Google, Intuitive Surgical, Johnson & Johnson, National Oilwell Varco, PriceSmart, and Whole Foods Market. The Motley Fool owns shares of Amazon.com, Apple, Baidu, Google, Intuitive Surgical, Johnson & Johnson, and Whole Foods Market.

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