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2 Stocks to Buy and 1 to Sell - Smart Moves for Investors

Investors tend to watch and emulate some of the best on Wall Street, but there's one issue with this view: Most of the sought-after investors tend to be net buyers of the market. Other entities in the money management industry are worth watching for their superior strategies and ability to beat the market.

These entities are hedge funds, and without going into the specifics of their strategies and philosophies, all investors need to know is that they play both the long and the short side of the stock market. Investors can try to emulate these views and strategies by shorting as well as buying, or they can be flexible in being long a few names and have a short bias in others without actually shorting the stock.

Today, there are two stocks that are worth being bullish on, while one gives investors enough evidence to stay bearish on if not outright putting on a short position. These long targets are found in shares of Occidental Petroleum Co. (NYSE: OXY) and Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ: MSFT) as part of the energy sector's new cycle and the secular growth in technology names. Then, the stock to avoid, if not short altogether, is the struggling Dollar General Co. (NYSE: DG).

Sell Dollar General Before It's Too Late: Why Its Business Model Could Lead to More Sell-Offs

Stanley Druckenmiller has recently gone short on U.S. bonds. His view suggests there will be higher inflation for longer. This view stems from the fact that the prices of everyday items have risen significantly since COVID-19, and the probability of them contracting is nowhere to be expected.

If Druckenmiller is ...