The answer to this question -- what's the one stock I'd buy right now if I could buy but one -- is highly individual and also quite broad.

After all, there are thousands of publicly traded stocks, and every investor's reasons for creating a new position in a stock or adding to existing shares varies as widely as our priorities and perspectives.

I'm a retiree with a penchant for equities that can provide predictable income to bolster the Social Security I'm now drawing while dampening the risk that can come with chasing growth through my shortened buy-and-hold window.

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