If you've been an investor for even a couple of years, I'm sure you've seen this quote trotted out willy-nilly.

It's brilliant in its simplicity, and true to its intentions. Of course you'd like to hold a stock forever Now, it's easy for a billionaire like Uncle Warren to say 'hold forever', but for individual investors like you and me, the truth is a bit more murky. And we're staring down that double-barrel shotgun right now So what makes a stock worth holding forever?

There are thousands of dividends stocks to choose from. So where does an individual investor start? Much like a marriage, there isn't a stock out there that won't go through ups and downs: I'm not talking about some foppish, check-writing member of the French aristocracy here: I'm talking about solid blue-chip companies that have raised their dividend each and every year for the past 25 years And right now, those are the stocks that I am comfortable owning, even if the market goes through a serious correction.

The Index is split across 10 business sectors and highlights the ones that have been profitable enough over two-plus decades to reward their investors with ever-increasing dividend payouts. The list is chock full of the usual suspects: KO , Exxon Mobil Corp NYSE: MCD , and Wal-Mart Stores NYSE: WMT to name a few.

All of those companies have been no-brainers over the long haul. Rowe Price Group NASDAQ: But while Warren Buffett has the luxury and resources to analyze each and every stock purchase to the bone, some of us just want a few stocks to buy and hold, without having to watch them day in and day out.

If you'd like to get easy and cheap exposure to Dividend Aristocrats, there are Dividend Aristocrat ETFs that can deliver the goods in short order. Since we've been talking Buffett, let's focus on an ETF from a company that Buffett has been most bullish on: Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF NASDAQ: It actually takes the Dividend Aristocrat model and opens it up even more.

Using a similar index but with a year instead of a year track record opens up a way to increase the overall yield by reducing the expense ratio. The Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF is a passive ETF designed to track the performance of the NASDAQ U. Dividend Achievers Select Index.

This is a weighted index, and the ETF will roughly hold the same proportions as it does. It is worth noting that the index is not limited to NASDAQ exchange-listed companies. In fact, a vast majority of held stocks are NYSE-listed. The fund has diverse exposure to individual companies and sectors alike, as you can see to the right.

One thing in particular to note is that this ETF holds larger positions in some companies, and the index skews towards the industrials and consumer sectors.

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