Whether you measure the time until retirement in decades or years, having a portfolio full of outstanding businesses should be a priority. After all, your investment returns will ultimately depend on the underlying success of these competitively advantaged companies with revenue and profit growth as the main drivers of financial success.
If there are three stocks you had to buy and hold between now and the day you call it quits as a member of the workforce, they should be Home Depot (NYSE: HD) , Nike (NYSE: NKE) , and Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) . Here's why.
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