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The 4 Best Stocks to Invest $1,000 in Right Now

By Jason Hall and Jeff Santoro – Sep 27, 2025 at 5:00AM EST

Balancing risk and reward is the key to successful investing.

In this video, Motley Fool contributors Jason Hall and Jeff Santoro make the case for four stocks as a way to balance risk and reward, with Realty Income (O +0.39%), Alphabet (GOOG +0.11%)(GOOGL +0.15%), QuantumScape (QS 2.03%), and Rocket Lab (RKLB +0.51%).

*Stock prices used were from the afternoon of Sept. 24, 2025. The video was published on Sept. 26, 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 QuantumScape and Realty Income and has the following options: short January 2027 $5 puts on QuantumScape. Jeff Santoro has positions in Rocket Lab and has the following options: short September 2025 $51 calls on Rocket Lab. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Alphabet, Realty Income, and Rocket Lab. 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.

Stocks Mentioned

Rocket Lab Stock Quote

Rocket Lab

NASDAQ: RKLB
$70.48 (+0.01%) $+0.36
Alphabet Stock Quote

Alphabet

NASDAQ: GOOGL
$314.05 (+0.00%) $+0.48
Realty Income Stock Quote

Realty Income

NYSE: O
$56.76 (+0.00%) $+0.22
Alphabet Stock Quote

Alphabet

NASDAQ: GOOG
$314.74 (+0.00%) $+0.35
QuantumScape Stock Quote

QuantumScape

NASDAQ: QS
$10.38 (0.02%) $0.21

*Average returns of all recommendations since inception. Cost basis and return based on previous market day close.

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