3 Bargain Stocks You Can Buy Today and Hold Forever

A good bargain stock isn't just an inexpensive one. There are plenty of stocks out there that are $10 or less or have a low price-to-earnings ratio (P/E). Both of those metrics can be deceiving, however. A lot of low-priced stocks deserve to be where they are, and many stocks with low P/Es are downtrodden because their futures aren't that bright.

The best bargains are the ones that will be good stocks to have and hold for the long term, yet are priced to sell right now. CRISPR Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CRSP), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), and Garmin (NYSE: GRMN) all have great long-term prospects and, for the moment, all are priced at a discount, down more than 20% this year.

Following the rest of the market, CRISPR Therapeutics is down nearly 20% this year as it trades at around $60. That leaves CRISPR with a P/E ratio of 15.7, under the biotech industry average of 20.3. But it's not its low P/E that's important but the potential.

Source Fool.com