I only do stock options (calls and puts) temporary contracts usually less than a year to expiration, which is more like gambling than typical stock purchases, which is gambling too. While some stocks are still earning income, energy companies and fertilizer companies, most of the stock market is screwed for 2023, so I avoid buying any stock from any company. I have physical gold. Now once I achieve my financial goals with my current IRAs, I will be buying dividend paying stocks only, about 20 of them, most of them REITs (real estate investment trusts). Otherwise I'm not a stock buyer, rather a stock options gambler...