What would be some good long term stock?

Question

I know is is an opinionated question, but i want to put a few thousand into the stock market and leave it there for a few years. Anyone know of some stock that would likly continue to go up slowly?

Answer 1

by investing in only one stock, you're subject to all kinds of risk.  you're much better off investing in a low-fee index fund.   i understand the temptation of investing in one stock - it's called the lottery effect.  everyone wants to hit that big winner.  but in general - and if you google 'market efficieny' and the 'semi-strong and strong' market effcncy theories you'll find more info on this - it is almost impossible to beat the market in the long-run.  

but what's more important than finding that one particular stock is to invest in the right overall asset class.  So if stocks as a whole go up, then that one stock, or mutual funds, will also likely go up.   Or say you invest in tbills.  if the market for govmt securities take a hit, so will your investment.   so again, asset class is more important than teh individual asset.

so make sure to minimize your management fees, and your tunrover (tax and other trading) costs and invest in a passive market index fund such as the S&P 500 index fund offered by T Rowe Price.   see morningstar.com for more info.

Answer 2

Without having more information about your personal information, such as age, current income and other data such as risk tolerance, martial status, and demographics it would be very inappropriate for me or any other responsible person to provide specific investment information in this type of media

However, there are websites that serve as tutorials for novice investors as well as information for the more experienced. Such sites are Smart Money - http://www.smartmoney.com/

Winning Investing - http://www.winninginvesting.com/  

There are other sites that will be of help MSN MONEY -  (http://moneycentral.msn.com/home.asp) and Yahoo Finance (http://finance.yahoo.com/), Investors Hub  (http://www.investors.com/?tn=top), that provide access to various investment products as well as access to several experienced advisors, all provide a wealth of information regarding the market and the various products trade in the markets. The research and commentaries by the various writers provide a wealth of free information that serves all types of investors whether they be novices, or experienced professionals.

While you're on MSN.Money, you can visit the various investment selections by using the "investing" tab, then use the "stocks" tab, you will see the top 10 and top 50 selections along with other screening applications.

Answer 3

I really like AINV (Apollo Investment Corporation).  They are a play on private financing for other companies.  They offer loans to other companies, and sometimes do leveraged buyouts of companies.  They are a fairly conservative BDC (Business Development Corporation).  Their Dividend yield is somewhere int he 13% - 15% range, depending on what exact price you buy it.  They have been trading mostly flat as of late, but I expect them to make a huge upswing when the economy gets going again, as they are buying up a lot of loans cheap, and getting good pieces of equity in good companies cheaply right now, and they also have 0 nonperforming loans in their portfolio.  Nothing like sitting back and earing 13-15% on your investment while waiting o the big capital gains to follow!  I'm going to keep adding to my position, especially on temporary downswings.  If you buy before real long, you will still be in time to collect the next 52 cents a share dividend that has been declared for the quarter!

Answer 4

Look for technologic and demographic trends.

Technology: Solar, wind, space, software.

Demography: Pharmaceuticals, healthcare.

International: China is moving towards laissez faire capitalism while US is moving towards stagflation and hyper-regulation.

Most people should use a selection of mutual funds or ETFs.

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Answer 5

SYK but you will have to do your own home work.