long term stocks

[mbell97]

Hey just wondering if any of you had any thoughts on stocks that would be good to hold over the long term maybe 5-10 years. I am thinking, MO JNJ and GE. Anyone else have any and can back them up.

[Ima saver]

I would be afraid of MO. That is a cigarette company, right? I know they own other things but I think they are spinning off Kraft!

[kv968]

Originally Posted by Ima saver

I would be afraid of MO. That is a cigarette company, right? I know they own other things but I think they are spinning off Kraft!

Yes Altria is a cigarette company and yes they are spinning off Kraft, but I don't there's any reason to be afraid of them. If you don't mind holding shares in a cigarette stock, it's a great perfomer and should continue to be.

[kv968]

Oh, and as far as a few picks go...I'd have to go with XOM, PG, ADM

[Ima saver]

Stocks that have done well for me are Wendy's and UPS.

[kv968]

Originally Posted by Ima saver

Stocks that have done well for me are Wendy's and UPS.

Very good stocks. A couple of others that are good in those industries also would be FDX and YUM.

[Majan]

Hrp, Tgt, Ma, Dis, Msft, Intc, Wmt, Ebay, Vtnc; Hd.

[JBinKC]

If you want a long term stock look for steady earnings growth. Unfortunately, almost every megacap American company that has any decent future earnings growth potential is priced to perfection IMO right now. The only stock I think exhibits a decent value and has great future growth potential is COP given their 20% in Lukoil who has the 2nd largest oil reserves in the World but has only 1/5 the revenue of XOM. I know Warren Buffett owns a bunch of it and has been buying it on weakness.

[LuxLiving]

Abc's of buy and holds...

Abbott Labs ABT
Aflac AFL *
Alberto Culver ACV
American Electric AEP*
Anadarko Petro APC

Baker Hughes BHI (yes of Howard Hughes fame)
Black Hills Corp BKH
Bristol Myers Squibb BMY

Campbell Soup CPB
Cisco Systems CSCO
Consolidated Edison ED (Con-Ed electric)

Deere & Co DE *
Dell Computer DELL
Disney DIS
Dow Jones DJ
Duke Energy DUK

Eaton Vance EV
Equifax EFX
Evergreen Resources EV

Fannie Mae FNM
Federal Home Loan FRE
Fossil, Inc. FOSL (yes the watch people)

General Electric GE
Gillette Co G
Guidant Corp GDT

Halliburton Co. HAL
Harley-Davidson HDI
Heinz HNZ
Hershey Foods HSY
Home Depot HD
Hormel Foos HRL

Ingersoll Rand IR
Ingles Markets IMKTA
Intel Corp INTC*

Jefferson Pilot JP
Johnson & Johnson JNJ
Jones Apparel Group JNY

Kellogg K
Kelly Services KELYA
Kimberly Clark KMB
Kroger Co. KR

Lands End LE
La-Z-Boy LZB
Lowes Co LOW

Mattel, Inc. MAT
Maytag Corp. MYG
Medtronic MDT
Merck & Co. MRK

National City corp NCC (of Rockefeller soninlaw fame)
New York Times NYT
Northwestern Corp NOR

O'Reilly Automotive ORLY
Office Depot ODP
OshKosh B'Gosh Inc. GOSHA

Pacific Capital Bancorp SABB
Panera Bread PNRA
Papa Johns PZZA
PepsiCo PEP*
Pfizer PFE

Qualcomm QCOM
Questar Corp STR

Ralston Purina Co RAL
Rent-A-Center RCII
RPM, Inc. RPM*

Sara Lee Corp SLE
Schering-Plough SGP
Sears Roebuck S
Smucker SJM
Snap-On SNA
Starbucks SBUX

Tiffany & Co TIF
Tootsie Roll Industries TR
Toys R Us TOY
Tupperware TUP
Tyson Foods TSN

U S B Holding, Inc. UBH
US Cellular USM
Utilicorp United UCU

Value Line Inc. VALU
Valspar Corp VAL
Verizon Commun. VZ

Walgreen Co. WAG
Wal-Mart WMT
WD-40 WDFC
Wendy's WEN
Whole Foods Market WFMI
Winn-Dixie Stores WIN
Wrigley WWY*

Xanser Corp. XNR
Xcel Energy XEL

Yellow Corp. YELL
York Intl. YRK

Zebra Technologies ZBRA
Zions Bancorp ZION

This listing was chosen from 'The Smart Investor's Survival Guide' by Charles B. Carlson (2002) and are from his 1500 listings in his "Easy-Hold" listing. I just picked out the ones I thought many of you would recognize. I listed them here for informational purposes and this is not intended as investment advice. ENTER AT **YOUR** OWN RISK. I merely wanted to show that you can invest in things that you know and understand for the long term.

The ones marked w/the * are among ones that I own. There are some others on this list I'm studying w/an eye towards investing when the time is right, the money's in place, and the moon & the tide coincide and my trigger finger feels itchy!

[lucasrd]

I would say if you have 5-10 years, you could get into NYX (New York Stock Exchange) They are positioning themselves to be the first ever global exchange.

I also think Pepsi (PEP) and General Mills (GIS) would be good plays and consistent (although slower) growers.

I would also look at:

Capital One Financial (COF) or Goldman Sachs (GS) in the financial sector.
Google (GOOG) or Apple (AAPL) in Technology
Conoco (COP) , Chevron (CVX) or Halliburton (HAL) in energy
Lowes (LOW) in retail
Genentech (DNA) or Amgen (AMGN) in Biotech/Pharma
Toyota (TM) in Automotive

Main thing with individual stocks is to stay diversified.

[PauletteGoddard]

Originally Posted by mbell97

Hey just wondering if any of you had any thoughts on stocks that would be good to hold over the long term maybe 5-10 years. I am thinking, MO JNJ and GE. Anyone else have any and can back them up.

How about utilities? And maybe some blue-chip international companies with high dividends too: using your finance Website of choice, investigate the major holdings of the exchange-traded fund PID, PowerShares International Dividend Achievers.

[kv968]

Originally Posted by JBinKC

If you want a long term stock look for steady earnings growth. Unfortunately, almost every megacap American company that has any decent future earnings growth potential is priced to perfection IMO right now. The only stock I think exhibits a decent value and has great future growth potential is COP given their 20% in Lukoil who has the 2nd largest oil reserves in the World but has only 1/5 the revenue of XOM. I know Warren Buffett owns a bunch of it and has been buying it on weakness.

I've had my eye on COP. I just have to get off my butt and do more than watch it

[mbell97]

Thanks guys thats a lot of good information and some great stock picks, as of now I am heavy into REITS, and Utilities but fixing to cut my REITs in half and use that money to diversify a little more.
Here is another question about buying within a ROTH. If I wanted to buy PHK, which is a mutual fund, would I buy it just like I would a regular stock; and will the online broker reinvest the div back into the mutual fund just like they would a regular stock? I have never bought a mutual fund online before, I usually just send in the start up cost and then add to it every month, but I really like the holdings of PHK and the div. Thanks.

[LuxLiving]

Try this book if you are looking at good to hold long term stocks. It's nicely done - I've got an older version and need to update:

http://www.amazon.com/Best-Dividend-...e=UTF8&s=books