Best long-term stocks

There are a bunch, but I personally like Visa. I've mentioned this in other threads. We're moving to a cashless society. Also, Visa is tied into Apple Pay. Today was the first time I used Apple Pay and it was really nice. No more whipping out credit cards, just put your iphone6 (and future Apple phones) near the little credit card machine you would normally swipe with and the payment is done electronically.

Only 20% of the world uses credit cards, so there is massive growth potential for Visa.

Dow stock and three weeks away from a 4:1 stock split.

also, many financial companies like Charles schwab, fidelity, vanguard, etc have commission free etfs you can buy which helps.

I have schwab and they have the most commission free etfs I think. SCHG is a large cap growth fund that has been doing well.

Thanks everyone! Keep the tips coming!

Also, with schwab and most other financial companies you to set your funds to automatically reinvest the dividends so you can make earnings off your earnings.

If you want to do individual stocks, as opposed to ETF's, you should consider buying direct through a transfer agent like Computershare.com. You can also set up your dividend reinvestment and the auto monthly draft to dollar cost average your position. It is really a great way to get started with minimal capital as you can purchase fractions of shares, basically limiting your dollar amount to as little as $50 on some programs.

I personally have positions in XOM, CVX and CAT with them.

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Best long-term stocks
There are a bunch, but I personally like Visa. I've mentioned this in other threads. We're moving to a cashless society. Also, Visa is tied into Apple Pay. Today was the first time I used Apple Pay and it was really nice. No more whipping out credit cards, just put your iphone6 (and future Apple phones) near the little credit card machine you would normally swipe with and the payment is done electronically.

Only 20% of the world uses credit cards, so there is massive growth potential for Visa.

Dow stock and three weeks away from a 4:1 stock split.

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Ho hum, just another day at NYSE: V

Being a noob myself, I started out with Loyal3 and Robinhood fee-free accounts. I'm happy with both of them. I've got a few shares each of Apple, Microsoft, Pepsico, Kraft, Walt Disney, Hasbro, Nike, Coke, Intel and VF all have started to buy new stocks b/c of the dividend reinvesting and adding just a few dollars each month to each one.

I've also got a couple of fee-free Fidelity ETFs, HYG, EWJ and HDV am doing okay with them.

I've also got a WiseBanyan fee-free account that I'm not overly joyed with but still have some money making more money in it so can't complain too loudly.

I just opened a MotifInvesting account so I'll post later on how/if I get it started, it has low fees. If anyone else wants to tell me about this service, positive or negative, please do.

And yes, all of this was set up starting with $1000ish and adding to it each month. I've lost some but made more so can proudly say that I'm ahead, for now. Do not get discouraged, keep adding to it, I've watched my money grow b/c of all of the MB advice here and it makes me want more, to save more, and it frustrates me to think back on all the money that I blew on stupid stuff.

Take it for what its worth, I'm still a noob like you and I didn't mean to be so long or to hijack your thread, just wanted to share my excitement and how I'm doing it. Hope it helps some. Good luck to you.