5 Stocks You Can Confidently Invest $500 in Right Now

There are a lot of unknowns today, which can make it difficult to invest. Uncertainty about how high interest rates will rise and whether there will be a recession in the next year can make it difficult to know how stocks will perform in the near term.

However, one factor drives stock prices in the long term: earnings growth. Companies that grow their earnings and cash flow at healthy rates for extended periods tend to produce market-beating returns. American Tower (NYSE: AMT), Blackstone (NYSE: BX), Brookfield Infrastructure (NYSE: BIP)(NYSE: BIPC), Prologis (NYSE: PLD), and NextEra Energy (NYSE: NEE) have histories of delivering above-average earnings growth and producing market-beating returns.

That should continue as they're all focused on capitalizing on strong long-term growth trends. Because of that, you could confidently invest $500 into any of them right now.

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Source Fool.com