3 Stocks That Are Great Long-Term Picks

Market volatility and falling share prices can distract investors from the winning formula of building wealth: holding quality companies for long periods. It can be challenging, and we're all human, but investors could eventually look back on this year as a golden opportunity that only comes so often.

Buying blue chip stocks, shares of the world's most dependable and dominant companies, is like planting money trees. These three great stocks could give you financial shade years from now.

Walmart (NYSE: WMT) is arguably the world's most famous retail store. The company has grown from a little shop in Arkansas to a multi-national juggernaut that does more than $576 billion in sales annually. Today, 90% of Americans live within 10 miles of a Walmart store, and the company's also built a thriving e-commerce business.

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