Got $5,000? Buy These 3 Stocks to Double Your Money

Investors have different time horizons. Some are focused on squeezing out small gains every day. Others simply buy and hold shares to let the businesses do the work. Although research shows that trying to time the market is usually a bad idea, it can be hard to hold shares of a company through the inevitable ups and downs of the stock market. That's why choosing companies with good long-term prospects is so important.

Align Technology (NASDAQ: ALGN), Lululemon Athletica (NASDAQ: LULU), and EPAM Systems (NYSE: EPAM) meet that criteria, and then some. They each have unquestioned momentum in their businesses and long runways for growth ahead. Over time, they should be able to double their size with relative ease. For shareholders, you just need to wait.

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