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Founded in by brothers Tom and David Gardner, The Motley Fool helps millions of people attain financial freedom through our website, podcasts, books, newspaper column, radio show, and premium investing services. If you're like most individual investors, you'd be glad to park your money into investments, after doing solid due diligence, and monitor them as little as possible. You can probably think of many things you'd rather be doing in your free time than frequently monitoring your stocks.

Moreover, studies show that the most successful investors are generally those who buy and hold for the long term.

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Monitoring stocks and the market too frequently can lead many folks to make rash trading decisions. Legendary investor Warren Buffett epitomizes the buy-and-hold philosophy, as he's been quoted as saying that his favorite holding time is "forever. There aren't many stocks that fall into the "set and forget" category. Society rapidly changes due to technological advances and other factors.

Many of today's successful companies will be tomorrow's struggling companies -- if they're even still in business. This is particularly true in the tech arena. I can't think of a more quintessential buy-and-hold-forever stock than America Water Works.

It's the pound gorilla in an industry with high barriers to entry regulatory as well as high fixed costs. And it pays a dividend, to boot. Don't let American Water's IPO date in the preceding chart fool you -- it's no upstart. The company has been in business since It was owned by a German energy conglomerate before being spun off in American Water provides water and wastewater services to about 15 million people in 47 U. It has plenty of growth potential in its core regulated business, which operates in 16 U.

The income streams from these businesses are not as predictable and dependable as that generated from American Water's regulated business. Moreover, they provide a nice dose of growth potential since the company sets its own prices, though the military base work is obtained by competitive bidding.

Analysts project that American Water will grow earnings per share at an average annual rate of 7. By contrast, the industry's second-largest player that operates in the U.

The company's dividend, which it's raised every year since going public, is currently yielding 2. Disney doesn't provide a product or service that is as basic to survival as, say, fresh water or healthcare. However, partaking in some form of entertainment or leisure activity is an incredibly strong basic human desire.

And storytelling -- Disney's forte -- has long been believed by anthropologists to be central to human existence. Disney has a plethora of top-notch intellectual property that enables us to satisfy our cravings for storytelling and entertainment, including brands such as its flagship Disney brand, ABC, ESPN, Star Wars , Pixar, Marvel, and others.

It leverages its brands across its diverse empire, which includes moviemaking, network and cable TV broadcasting, theme park and cruise line operations, and consumer goods licensing. And there are numerous catalysts for growth on the horizon, including four more Star Wars' films slated for release through and megagrowth potential for the Disney Shanghai theme park, which just opened last June.

The company has been experiencing challenges in its cable business. Disney has been taking aggressive steps to address this threat. It's been getting some of its content included in various distributors' "skinny bundles," or limited-content over-the-top products. After all, it's successfully navigated numerous changes in the consumer-entertainment landscape since its founding in Disney's dividend currently yields 1. Disney's cash-dividend payout ratio is a conservative Beth McKenna has no position in any stocks mentioned.

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