3 No-Brainer Stocks to Buy in July

Some investing decisions require a lengthy period of analysis, but not all of them do. There are some stocks that stand out as easy choices.

We asked three Motley Fool contributors to identify no-brainer stocks to buy in July. Here's why they picked Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY), Pfizer (NYSE: PFE), and Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: VRTX).

Prosper Junior Bakiny (Eli Lilly): Winners keep winning. There aren't many big-name companies in the pharmaceutical industry that have been bigger winners than Eli Lilly in the past year. The company's shares have risen by close to 40% in the trailing-12-month period, which comfortably puts the performances of the healthcare sector and S&P 500 to shame.

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