The buy-and-hold investment philosophy works because it allows your winners to compound in a tax-free manner, allowing you to build wealth over time by benefiting from the growing earnings and profits of the market’s truly exceptional companies.
Here, three of our Foolish investors lay out the case for Vestas Wind Systems (NASDAQOTH: VWDRY), Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP), and U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB) as stocks to buy and hold for the next 30 years.