Buying stocks in today's market can be frightening, but this is the time to buy great companies for low prices and wait for them to grow over time. As stocks have fallen in the past year, more values have emerged, even among some of the biggest companies in the world today. 

If you're building a portfolio that you want to hold for a lifetime, I think a great place to start is with Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) and Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS), two companies that are leaders in their industries and that have big moats protecting their businesses. 

Alphabet is arguably the most dominant company on the internet today. The company's Google search engine is the main discovery tool for most people's internet usage and it leverages that position to be a massive player in digital advertising. 

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