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When it comes to investing in the stock market, the only strategy that's a proven winner is buying and holding high-quality stocks for long periods of time.

But it can be a significant challenge to pick stocks that can withstand the inevitable shifts in both investor sentiment and market dynamics.

With this problem in mind, we asked three of our contributors each to select a stock they think are up to the task. Read on to find out why. JNJ Total Return Price data by YCharts. The overarching concern is that pharma products within the U. Unfortunately, the unsightly 9.

That's why this healthcare stock is a favorite among investors with a long-term outlook, and this situation isn't about to change due to some short-term drug-pricing headwinds.

Matt DiLallo Brookfield Renewable Partners: With climate-change worries growing, it's creating the incentive for the world to invest in expanding renewable energy power sources. That includes building not only more wind and solar plants, but also more hydropower facilities.

Those trends play right into the hands of Brookfield Renewable Partners, which is one of the largest renewable power operators in the world.

However, the company has a growing wind business, and recently made its first large-scale solar-power platform acquisition. As a result, the company now has three renewable platforms to build upon in the future through a combination of propriety projects and additional acquisitions.

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Speaking of projects, the company already has several needle-moving hydro and wind facilities under construction, which provide it with clearly visible near-term growth. That's a pretty healthy return projection for a lower-risk company.

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It's that combination of compelling low-risk returns in an industry set for continued expansion that makes Brookfield Renewable Partners a great stock to buy and hold. I'll be honest with you folks.

I don't think there is a single company that's guaranteed to be a good investment to buy and hold "forever. I do believe that the American economy is a good bet to survive and thrive forever, however, and if there were a way to do that -- to buy and hold forever one single titan of American industry -- then that's something I'd be interested in owning forever. Fortunately, I happen to know of one stock that fits the bill: Most people who invest in Berkshire Hathaway these days do so because they hope that Warren Buffett is magic -- and many people who don't buy Berkshire don't do so because they fear that Warren Buffett is mortal, and his magic must one day end.

As for me, I place my trust in both sides of the equation. Buffett will go away. Encompassing businesses include everything from jewelry sales to furniture to insurance to candy making, Berkshire Hathaway stock is a sort of proxy for the American economy -- and more than that, a hand-picked assortment by Buffett of the very best companies participating in this economy.

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And more than that , it's a widely diversified basket of such hand-picked companies that can survive the obsolescence of any one of its constituent companies as technological changes take their toll over time -- up to and including jet packs.

George Budwell owns shares of Berkshire Hathaway B shares. Rich Smith has no position in any stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. George Budwell has been writing about healthcare and biotechnology companies at the Motley Fool since His primary interests are novel small molecule drugs, next generation vaccines, and cell therapies.

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