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The Best Stocks to Invest $1,000 in Right Now

By Jason Hall and Jeff Santoro – Updated Sep 12, 2025 at 8:30AM

If you're looking to put $1,000 to work right now, we have two leading e-commerce giants worth buying today.

In this video, Motley Fool contributors Jason Hall and Jeff Santoro make the case for Coupang (CPNG 0.89%) and MercadoLibre (MELI +0.88%) as two e-commerce stocks worth investing $1,000 in right now.

*Stock prices used were from the afternoon of Sept. 8, 2025. The video was published on Sept. 11, 2025.

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Jason Hall
Jason Hall is a contributing Motley Fool stock market analyst with more than a decade of experience writing about dividend stocks and long-term investing. He has been with the company since 2012 and previously spent over 10 years in technical sales in the printing and information services industry. Jason also founded and operated a small food manufacturing business.
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Jason Hall has positions in MercadoLibre. Jeff Santoro has positions in Coupang and MercadoLibre. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends MercadoLibre. The Motley Fool recommends Coupang. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. Jason Hall is an affiliate of The Motley Fool and may be compensated for promoting its services. If you choose to subscribe through their link they will earn some extra money that supports their channel. Their opinions remain their own and are unaffected by The Motley Fool.

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