What's your most important financial goal? For most people, it's building a retirement nest egg. The sooner you reach that goal, the better. Most people also know their best shot at funding a nice retirement -- and maybe even retiring earlier than initially planned -- is investing in the stock market.

With that as the backdrop, here's a rundown of three of the market's best bets for building above-average wealth in below-average time. While there may be faster-growing companies out there, what these names might lack in future growth, they more than make up for with less risk and greater reliability.

It's such a frequently suggested stock pick that it's almost become cliché. Yet, there's a perfectly good reason e-commerce giant Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is such a commonly held stock. That is, it still offers incredible growth potential.

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