7 Safe Stocks to Buy in July 2022 Investors will move to safe stocks en masse in July as woes increase. Campbell Soup ( CPB ): Strong performance and value make Campbell Soup a great hedge. Brown-Forman ( BF-B ): Catalysts are conspiring to make alcoholic beverage makers a winner. Johnson Johnson ( JNJ ): Steady fundamentals and steady growth underpin JNJ’s safety. Dollar General ( DG ): This is one of few retailers raising guidance in this environment. Goldman Sachs ( GS ): A slant toward the wealthy during hard times favors this bank. Ulta Beauty ( ULTA ): Supply and demand-side strength underpin ULTA stock. Louis Vuitton ( LVMUY ): Luxury goods might seem an unlikely choice now, but they’re not. Source: Shutterstock There’s no doubt that investors are quickly shifting for anything safe these days. We can characterize that fear in many ways, but broadly speaking, a strong barometer is the Fear and Greed Index . Its current reading is “extreme fear,” the lowest reading there is. And that should directly correlate to the market assuming a more defensive stance.