Some investing strategies can be overly complicated and lead to buying stocks in companies that investors don't really understand or don't have much interest in. 

To help avoid such a situation, consider buying shares of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Airbnb (NASDAQ: ABNB). These two companies have straightforward businesses that should end up being great long-term bets. If you have $1,000 available that isn't needed to pay bills, reduce short-term debt, or bolster an emergency fund, you might want to put it toward buying stock in either of these two simple stocks.

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