The last year has been brutal, especially for tech investors. The Nasdaq Composite remains in bear-market territory, down 22% over the last 12-month stretch and some 30% off of its all-time high. 

Things have been even worse for many individual tech stocks. Many quality companies are being indiscriminately tossed out, creating opportunities for the patient and long-term minded investor. Three smart buys right now are Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL)(NASDAQ: GOOG), Block (NYSE: SQ), and Doximity (NYSE: DOCS). Here's why.

Alphabet, parent of internet search engine Google, needs little introduction. It's one of the largest and most powerful organizations around. Over the last two-decades-plus, Google's digital advertising-fueled empire has managed to steadily grow in good times and bad.

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