Which stocks would you hold for 30 years?

Tide31 · May 11, 2009

Quote from Drew07:

Why no Microsoft?

It will still be trying to break $20

Informed · May 14, 2009

DNDN should be on the top

robcorner1982 · May 15, 2009

KO or MO, people will always drink coke and smoke lol

BostonTrader339 · May 16, 2009

Quote from eagle488:

Lets assume that you had to choose stocks to buy in the next two years. Once you purchase the stocks, then the stock certificates would be put in a safe deposit box. The safe deposit box would then be opened in 30 years and the securities sold.

You will have up to two years from today to buy the stocks. The reason why you have two years is so you can pick a suitable entry point. For example, P&G seems a little bit overbought at the current time. So you will be able to wait a few months to buy it.

Which 5 stocks would you pick based upon the above scenario?

that's easy.
KO
WMT
MSFT
XOM
F

Rehoboth · May 16, 2009

Great thread, I actually posted a question about a strategy where you buy the DIA and short the 30 stocks in the dow believing that stocks in the dow will fail over time.

With that being said, stocks(not companies, its clear that the IPO's of the recent old money partnerships have changed them) that have been around in our grandfathers time(or current subsids) will probably still exist.

So here are my 5

KO
XOM (will always have their hand in energy)
YUM
FDP
GE

I would still take MDY over these 5 any day

BostonTrader339 · May 17, 2009

Quote from Tide31:

It will still be trying to break $20

and at 20 bill gates grandchildren will still be the imperial rulers of mars by then.

the planet not the candy bars.

flytiger · May 17, 2009

Canned goods

Ammo, several calibres

plenty of drinking water

playing cards

Can't think of a fifth.

Hey, that's it. A fifth.

ShortSqueeze · May 31, 2009

Quote from eagle488:

Lets assume that you had to choose stocks to buy in the next two years. Once you purchase the stocks, then the stock certificates would be put in a safe deposit box. The safe deposit box would then be opened in 30 years and the securities sold.

You will have up to two years from today to buy the stocks. The reason why you have two years is so you can pick a suitable entry point. For example, P&G seems a little bit overbought at the current time. So you will be able to wait a few months to buy it.

Which 5 stocks would you pick based upon the above scenario?

MSFT
GE
KO
MCD
JPM

kxvid · May 31, 2009

I wonder if people will be looking back at this thread in 30 years. Even if ET isn't around by then, good likelihood it gets cached and stored forever by a web crawler.

I think 99% of people that choose a large cap dominant today would suffer or get wiped out over 30 years. Then again you might do alright if the company paid a fat dividend and you invested the dividend in silver/gold.

Small caps and micro caps are the only way to go for the long run IMO. Most large caps dominant today will be gone or small caps in 30 years. Their only salvation is the dividend as mentioned. A small cap stock today will be a large cap of tomorrow.

Swedish stock Elekta is my pick