What are some possible long term investment opportunities?

Answer 1

First you have to define "long term", I consider long term anywhere from six months to twenty years. If it's twenty years you're referring to then the answer without question is stocks. They are historically proven to outpreform every asset class including real estate over any twenty year period including the Great Depression. So put some money in a S&P 500 or Russel 2000 index fund and just forget about it for the next decade or two, easy. An education would be an even better investment if you don't already have one. Over a shorter six months and longer I recommend YAHOO! Stock (ticker: yhoo), it just got beat up and will continue to get beat up in the short term but in long term it's fundentals are great and I love what they've done with there website and messenger, especially intergrating VOIP.

Answer 2

Commercial property is the best way to go. Just kick back and collect rent. It can't get any easier then that. Just make sure the CAP rate is atleast 7 - 8% and the property isn't more then 50 years old. Best of luck.

Answer 3

If you're in a growth location then real estate. If not then look into a diversified mutual fund portfolio - it should get anywhere from 7-15% return each year.

Answer 4

Lets cut to the chase here and ask overselves: What sectors are going to be in high demand in 5 years?

Answer: Oil, WAter, Internet, banking, and consumer soft goods

And from that I would build a portfolio with:
1. Occidental Petroleom (OXY)
2. Tetra Tech (TTEK)
3. Google (GOOG)
4. Goldman Sachs (GS)
5. Proctor & Gamble (PG)

1. Occcidental Petroleom Corp. in my opinion is one of the best managed, operated, and profitable companies (next to the big guns Exxon and Chevron)..in the oil service sector. Its one of the lowest valued companies on a P/E basis, and I still it will still continue to poke to the upside.

2.Tetra Tech is an interesting play in the water sector. It is true that we can live without oil (although we would suffer a great deal), but we can't live without clean water...thats where TTEK comes in. Tetra Tech has a leadership position in water resource and environmental management, emphasizing solving critical problems in watershed management, groundwater cleanup, and environmental restoration to ensure clean water supply, productive reuse of economic assets, and sustainable development of natural resources according to the company....but it just means they want to supply fresh, clean, purified water to cites. Nothing wrong with that and with earnings growing at a refreshing 30+% year over year...it will prove to be a good company in time.

3. Google (GOOG) is one of the fastest moving stocks I've ever seen, and yet they continue to expand and expand and expand their business. Yahoo! (YHOO) continues to lose market share in SOME of the internets areas....in fact...I don't see a 360 page on GOOG. HA!, but none the less, with profits growing vigrously year over year, I think the company will continue to create shareholder value with new an innovative ideas.

4. Goldman Sachs (GS) is one of my favorite banking stocks that has incredible exposure to the IPO market..which is starting to show some signs of life in new filed offerings. Even if the the IPO market wasn't increasing, they continue to create value on the bottom line with thier trading businesses in just about every aspect of the market, and trading at a deeply discounted 9 times this years earnings...this stock could easily top 200 in no time at all.

5. Proctor & Gamble (PG)! It needs no introduction, its too big for an introduction. Its one of the best congolerates the market has to offer. This company has astonishingly had 50 consecutive years of dividend increases and 22 billion dollar brands out there. In my opinion if you were to pick just one stock out of here...make it PG!!!

Discalimer---i personally own shares of PG, GOOG, and GS

Happy Trading
-Paul

Answer 5

Mutual funds.

Answer 6

Banks, banks,banks. We live in a capitalist system and their business is money.

Buy and remember to thank me one day.

Answer 7

Dividend paying stocks....particularly bank stocks. Just buy and hold.

Answer 8

Real state , gold and water recycling.