Most stocks have dipped in and out of bear territory in recent months. Many investors are understandably discouraged over the state of the market in last year and a half -- the same market that had boomed following the original pandemic downturn three years ago. But the stock market is highly cyclical. In the last hundred years, it has dealt investors many ups and downs. 

However, there has never been a bear market -- nor a prolonged period of volatility -- from which the stock market has not eventually recovered, and outpaced its prior returns to boot. Sometimes, these periods of volatility have lasted for months, or even years. Throughout those periods, great businesses have persisted. 

Here are two such stocks to buy, whether or not the market veers into bull or bear territory in the coming months. 

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Source Fool.com