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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