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

The reason the company is trending lower is that there are worries about weakness in onshore drilling in North America. While there’s no denying this, it comes with the territory when a company has its hand in all things energy like National Oilwell does. The good thing is, when one segment declines, others usually increase. COO Clay Williams says that segment will likely be deepwater rigs. I think the recent pullback offers a good entry point for investors.

Next on the list is Chinese search giant Baidu.com, Inc. (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU). The company reported full-year results that were nothing short of impressive: growth in revenues and EPS of 54% and 57%, respectively. The company took a beating yesterday, however, because of concerns about higher expenses and the ability of the company to monetize on mobile. But if we’ve learned anything from Google, it’s that mobile searches can be monetized, and spending now to earn more later is worth it.

Finally, I think Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:WFM)‘ shares — while not being particularly cheap — are worth buying now. I won’t waste space here telling you why, as I just wrote about why I’m buying shares of the company for my Roth IRA here.

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National Oilwell Varco is perhaps the safest investment in the energy sector due to its industry-leading 60% market share, and yet — as I pointed out — it is still trading down right now.

The article 3 Buy-Now Stocks 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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