Sad that the 5 "best stocks" are these:

[mzteris]

McDonald's

Diageo (a McDonald's of spirits)

Intel

Costco

Altria (tobacco market - america only)

and drumroll please . . .

One for a lifetime
Philip Morris, on the other hand, has plenty of room to run. Dan Dzombak picked up shares for his Rising Star portfolio, and Jim Royal tabbed it for the world's best dividend portfolio. Dan mentions that Philip Morris has seven of the world's top 15 tobacco brands, but has only a 27% market share in its foreign markets. Despite that, it's still sporting superior margins. Doubling its market share would probably be optimistic, but it's a big world, and you've got the rest of your life to watch the company grow. When it comes down to long-term potential, this international powerhouse is the one to choose.

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2011/10/18/1-stock-for-the-rest-of-your-life.aspx

[Warpy]

1. Damn, I don't own any of those

O bla di. I wouldn't mind owning some Costco, though. It's a very well run company with a reasonably well taken care of and loyal staff.

I was shocked when I got my dad's portfolio to see he stayed away from tobacco, alcohol, and war profiteers. He was a right winger and I never suspected his stuff was that piously invested.