March 25, 2016

The 3 Best Stocks to Own in Retirement

Retirees may be able to worry less about their portfolios if they own these steady-eddy big-cap stocks.



Retirees are living longer than ever before, and that means retirees are focusing their portfolios less on slow-growth Treasury bonds and more on stocks so they don't outlive their savings. While stocks can add some punch to a retiree's investment returns, not just any old stock will do. Stocks to own in retirement portfolios should offer the kind of peace of mind that allows retirees to sleep well at night without causing them to worry too much about the market's daily whims and whispers.
For this reason, we asked some of our top Motley Fool contributors to tell us what companies they think could be right to own in retirement. Here are the three stocks they recommend. VZ, AFL, PFE


Source: The Motley Fool