Home improvement giant Home Depot (NYSE: HD), home goods retailer Williams-Sonoma (NYSE: WSM), and fintech pioneer PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) are all predictable businesses that offer a degree of safety. When you add in elevated inflation, bank failures, rising interest rates, and an uncertain global economy, motivating investors are flocking to safe stocks right now. The three stocks also happen to trade at historically low valuations, potentially making them good buys before the next bull market begins.