What stocks do you like for long-term?

i'm thinking stocks that i would want for decades

1.) General Electric (GE)
2.) Intel (INTC)
3.) United Health (UNH)

If you are looking for solid performers that will still exist in 10 years I would recommend a few tech stocks, and a few household names that are stable though a tough or strong economy.

10 YEAR HOLDINGS:

Good during all economic conditions:

Walmart [wmt] - Will generate big returns long.
McDonalds [mcd] - Will generate huge returns long.

Tech stocks that have been hit hard due to current market conditions, however, are strong long.

Microsoft [msft] - Will generate solid returns long.
Apple [aapl] - Will generate huge returns long.

If you are able to take on a little risk in this solid company (Nothing is guaranteed long term for dot com stock, however, very solid)

Google [goog] - Will generate huge returns long if growth continues.

Hope this helps, remember do not invest in stocks that do not have huge market caps for long term investments. You want solid, well known, recession proof, bull or bear market stocks. Also, as always reinvest dividends, as most will double your stock holdings within your holding time.

Recent calculations over the last 3 months tell you the prices are lowest during the first week of the month. I would purchase these during the first week of December if possible, or the first week of January if you are still deciding. These are all long term solid performers though.

General Electric

Wal Mart

Microsoft

Berkshire Hathaway

I think you should invest in blue chips only and, particularly those pay good dividend annually or bi-annually. You should read the financial reports of the past five years for a targeted company. My husbands' friends do hold many shares in HKSB (Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank) for getting dividends every six months. You probably can get information from the financial news, too. I never invest any money in stock shares. My knowledge in stock markets is quite good. Never get the human weakness of greed, selfish, fear of loss, and then make your life become hopeless. Please do try to learn the stock markets basic from the following articles.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_markets#Short_selling
I personally know persons in Hong Kong lost ranging fron HK $10k to 10 millions in the past three years by investing in many different kinds of penny stocks, mutual and hedge funds, go and put warrants. My husband personally know one committed suicide about one month ago for losing his house, car, and his wife divorced him after he lost every thing for bad investment in shares and funds.

If you start picking stocks, you will be taking company specific risks. The recent past may have proved that no company, no matter how big or how reputable, is free from the risk of failure.

So, invest in the total market index via a mutual fund or ETF. Total stock market index includes small cap.
Also invest a significant portion in the world outside the US.

IÂ´ve been investing for more than 20 years and trading for almost 14, and I can tell you that if you want to make BIG and FAST profits, I recommend you trading rather than investing, trading can help you to go from rags to rich.

If you are investing, you must have already achieved some degree of financial success, long term stock investing and FOREX can help you become much richer than you are today.

My experiences as a Nasdaq Market Maker, Head trader of several brokerage firms, and currently as a professional trader and private hedge fund manager, I can suggest you that:

We trade because we want quick, short term profits on a consistent basis. We want to cash flow the market. Milk it like a cow.

Make consistent, small, short term gains rather than trying to hit a home run on every trade. Don't ever forget that.

Don't marry a stock, marry the idea of making money trading stocks. That's the only way to do it.

For me "All stocks are equally worthlessâ€

I don't hold on to any illusion that the stock market will continue to go up and provide a nice retirement for me.

I could care less which way the market goes. It's irrelevant to me if the market goes higher, crashes or moves sideways for the next 50 years.

I really could care less. Stocks are just four letters with two prices next to them that I use to make a living trading.

Trade ONLY when you have a clear, easy and identifiable advantage, because without a CLEAR EDGE your odds of success are NO better than a flip of a coinâ€¦ ThatÂ´s why so many new traders (and investors) lose money.

Take a look at any daily chart of any index or stock and you'll probably see the most volatility and the biggest opportunity for profit during the first Hour of the stock market's opening.

The popular thinking and conventional wisdom is that you should wait about an hour before you start trading.

But if you do, you'll miss the big, fast moves that stocks make as all the amateurs let their emotions out through their
online accounts, usually right after they read some news headline or hear Maria Bartiromo go off about a stock on CNBC.

It's easy to see why trading the open is the market's prime time for profiting from other online traders.
The market's open is very volatile - that is the perfect environment for LARGE, FAST profits.

Learn to trade as a professional Market Maker ,not as an emotionally driven amateur trader or investor with few thousand dollars in an account at Etrade.

There isn't any other time during the day or any stock you can invest in, that can make you 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 or more points
in minutes OTHER than during the first hour the stock market is open. That's why I love trading the open so much.

I trade only when I have an edge and that means "only the first hour the market is open".

If you are a beginning trader, you can give yourself an unfair advantage in the market trading this way.

I can carry on... but the best thing I can say to you is:

"Give yourself a BIG favor and go to this "Top Secret" site and learn how to get the BEST stocks that will make the largest and fastest day trading profits youÂ´ve ever seen, all by yourself..."

www.onehourtrading.com

After you review this site you wonÂ´t need system, strategy, book, software or mentor to tell you what to do,
you will be able to profit HUGE every day.

Good luck and good trading,

John Fontaine

Things have changed. The world market is flooded with massive debt. The stock market will fall to about 3900. It's currently at 8,900 points. 95% of these businesses will not be able to pay off their debts which is expanding exponentially. Hundreds of more banks will fail. Capitalism is done.

Well I am no expert..but I do invest the same way you are talking about ..with my eyes on the next 25-30 years not what is going on right now...I am buying PEP,PG,JNJ,INTC,AA,SJM,and MSFT..to name a few.I give each a target price that I will buy at and if it drops I buy.
Good luck and don't forget to reinvest the dividends.

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