3 Unstoppable Stocks to Buy and Hold for Decades

Want to invest in stocks that you can buy and forget about? If so, you'll want to consider companies with plenty of long-term growth opportunities and solid financials. Among the best growth investments that check off those boxes today are Novartis (NYSE: NVS), Visa (NYSE: V), and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT).

These are unstoppable businesses that are sure to get bigger in the years to come. Let's find out a bit more about these three buy-and-hold candidates.

Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis is an excellent example of a stable, long-term investment to hang on to. The company recently spun off its generics business, Sandoz, so that it can focus more on long-term growth opportunities. Novartis' strategy involves being a "pure-play innovative medicines business" focusing on five therapeutic areas: cardiovascular, immunology, neuroscience, solid tumors, and hematology.

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