The 2 Smartest Stocks to Buy in 2023 and Hold for the Next Decade

A diversified portfolio can both help you ride out the highs and lows that the market brings, while enabling you to benefit from a variety of growth stories as you work toward your long-term financial goals. Pinterest (NYSE: PINS) has capitalized on the impulse that many online users experience in the digital age, to scroll and search visually appealing content for long periods -- sometimes hours -- on end. Monthly active users were up 4% year-over-year and 35% on a three-year clip as of the end of 2022, while the company's ratio of monthly active users to weekly active users reached a record high figure of 61%.