Imagine that you had bought $10,000 worth of stock 20 years ago. Today, that investment would have grown to almost $160,000. Compare that with the S 500. A $10,000 investment there would still have grown, but only to $61,000. It goes to show that stock-picking works -- you just need to find the right stocks and give them time.

So, let's have a look at three stocks worth holding for a few decades to come.

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