The stock market is on a roll right now. The S&P 500 market index has gained 24% in three months as a mind-boggling 480 out of its 505 tickers posted positive returns over the same period. Now, surging COVID-19 infections could take the wind out of Wall Street's sails any day now, and I don't expect the good times to last much longer. Many of the recently surging stocks will come back to earth in a hurry if and when that happens.

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But a few companies did genuinely great in the earlier coronavirus downturn and are poised to keep winning in the next market panic. Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) and PayPal Holdings (NASDAQ: PYPL) have been crushing the market all year long, and both look like fantastic buys today -- with or without another game-changing health crisis.

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