May 5, 2016

10 Stocks to Own for a Decade


With the bull market having halted on a seven-year rise, investors are wondering which stocks they should be comfortable with and which ones they might be worried about. The reality is that investors hear over and over which stocks they should buy and when they should buy them, but when to sell is a different case. Even the great Warren Buffett sells many stocks way too soon.

24/7 Wall St. is revisiting a strategy that was first published in late 2010, and then again refreshed in 2015. This is the 10 stocks to own for the decade! Buying and holding forever is too long and boring for most of us. A holding period of a decade is more realistic.


In November of 2010, the recession was over, but the public had no idea that the bull market was going to run for more than six years. Despite some intermittent market shocks, the decade from 2010 to 2020 is proving to, at least so far, come with much less turbulence than the prior decade.


The 24/7 Wall St. stock list included the following companies:...


Source: 24/7 Wall St.