2 Terrible Stocks I'd Avoid

Investing pundits tend to focus on stocks that they're recommending. But it's just as important to know which ones to shun. And when I ask myself which stocks I would avoid like the plague, two that immediately leap to mind are networking provider Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR) and social media company Twitter (NYSE: TWTR).

Juniper is profitable, but it's undergoing internal development and delivery problems in the part of its business where it needs success the most. My longtime bearishness about Twitter reflects an entirely different set of issues. Despite what investors may have heard or read, the social media company is not rounding third and heading for home in its user growth and profitability turnaround efforts. Indeed, the fact that Twitter stock is up about 20% over the last three weeks only underscores the reasoning that leads me to believe it's an investment to avoid.

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