4 Stocks That Could Set You Up for Life
Are you an investor looking for above-average gains but not interested in checking your stocks every single day? No problem -- that's perfectly possible. In fact, many investors ultimately crimp their potential returns by not leaving things alone and letting them simmer long enough.
To this end, here's a look at four different stocks that, together, can serve as the core components of a truly great buy-and-hold portfolio.
Software giant Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) doesn't quite turn heads the way it did a couple of decades ago when the personal computer industry was exploding and consumers, as well as corporations, had fewer software options than they do now. Microsoft's already proven, however, that it's going to be fine in an environment that doesn't center around sales of boxed, premium software like Windows or its Office productivity suite. Indeed, it may be better off with its current business models.
Source Fool.com