3 Stocks for a Better Retirement

There's a variety of good reasons to plug into the stock market. For most of us, though, the primary goal is funding a nice retirement. And to reach that goal, we just need plain old growth to turn a little money now into a lot more money later.

That's easier said than done, of course. Sometimes it seems the more often we trade, the more we miss out. Other times our long-term picks just don't pan out. Often times it's a little bit of both.

If you feel like you're just not making enough progress toward building your nest egg, maybe it's time to adjust your approach. Rather than hunting for the market's buried treasure and selling it when it looks like it's raced too high, why not step into some less flashy and more established names with clear growth prospects, and then just sit on them for a few years?

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