UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) Mercury (NYSE:MCY) Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG, NASDAQ:GOOGL) Best Stocks to Buy: Alphabet (GOOGL) Source: Primakov / Shutterstock.com Generally speaking, a technology firm doesn’t organically come up as one of the stocks to buy if you believe either deflation or a market correction is headed your way. Unfortunately, this perfectly describes Alphabet, which largely depends on other people believing that GOOG stock will move higher.