The Best Stocks to Buy to Fight Inflation

As investors, we are concerned about inflation because it causes higher input costs for companies. In turn, greater expenses put downward pressure on margins making companies less profitable.

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As a result, less earnings growth or, even worse, lower earnings tends to impact stock prices negatively. So what's an investor to do?

It’s probably not possible to entirely inflation-proof your stock portfolio. However, you can fight inflation with a more diversified portfolio. Here we discuss some of the best stocks to buy for that purpose. Learn more

The Best Stocks to Buy to Fight Inflation: Coca-Cola

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The stock price is off its high, and the price-to-earnings ratio is down a bit to 25.6X. Still, investors may want to wait for a lower price and valuation before diving in and buying Coca-Cola.

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International Business Machines

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The new IBM is primarily focusing on software and consulting. Additionally, it has a monopoly in mainframes and is a significant player in transaction processing.

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