Author: Ethan Feller, Zacks

Now may be an opportune time to add it to your portfolio.

They’re not speculative bets — each of these companies is delivering strong revenue and earnings growth, with forecasts that remain robust well into next year and beyond.

It offers an opportunity with potentially explosive upside.

In the case of a further downturn and even a possible bear market, I have some ideas for how to get defensive and hopefully even turn a profit.

With the market pulling back, investors have an opportunity to buy three of the highest-quality tech stocks at rare discounts. These companies continue to dominate their respective industries, and each is well-positioned for long-term growth thanks to powerful secular trends in AI, cloud computing and digital advertising.