Our top three picks for 2017

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Dear safe-money investor: We’ve selected our top picks for 2017—one stock, one real estate investment trust and one ETF. Each offers a particularly attractive combination of long-term growth prospects and a reasonable price. We feel that investors will profit the most by holding a well-balanced portfolio of high-quality stocks and REITs—like our first two recommendations below. If you want to supplement your individual stock holdings, then ETFs, like our third recommendation, provide a sound alternative. alternative…