Companies you would consider investing long term and why?

Question

Companies that are labeled for "growth" and also pay good dividends. Simply put, companies that can anchor your retirement fund for like 40+ years.

Answer 1

Some of the companies/industries suggest, I would only invest in if the stock fell to a cheaper level, but here they are:

Oil companies paying dividends. (there are plenty to choose from)

Microsoft (it owns the computer OS market) and is expanding into other electronics and online ventures. It has plenty of money, no debt and may give out more dividends in the future.

Yahoo/Google own internet world. They might be a bit expensive at the moment.

Solar companies that have sales (not the ones that have no sales at all) and are cheap, because solar is a growing market of the future.

Gold/Silver companies (SLW and G). Uranium mining companies (nuclear power is clean and affordable, many nuclear plants are being built around the world, and not many minning companies around, supply is tight! = perfect conditions for rising prices).

And of course a few REIT's (real estate investment trusts) when they are cheap, wait for a downturn and the stock will plumet then buy some shares.

Technology that is here to stay and become more prominent. Solar power, nanotechnology, GPS (Garmin GRM), etc.

General Electric. Berkshire Hathaway. Coca Cola & Pepsi. ETC. There are way more. But any of these are only good investments at cheap prices. Just because they are all great companies doesn't mean they are great investments. The price must be right too!

Read up on Warren Buffett's strategy and holdings. He is the richest self made investor in the world. It should give you some framework to work with and some good reasons why it has worked well for Mr. Buffett.

Answer 2

My two longest term investments are BAC and BLL. Both have done very well. Of the two BAC is the one I like better because annually it raises its dividend. I have also been a very long term investor in GAM, a closed end fund and PENNX, an open ended fund. Both have treated me well.

Anchor type stocks to give serious consideration to:

JNJ, LOW, MMM, GE, MET, WMT, COP, DVN. All are sellling currently at nearly give away prices.

When talking 40+ years, it also makes sense to consider investments in other countries that have a great deal more potential than the U S. TDF for China. IIF for India. Both closed end funds.

Also one should consider the economic situation here in the U S relative to the rest of the world. SWZ is a decent bet in that category. A closed end fund investing in Swiss companies.

Answer 3

I like companies that make products people use every day, use up often and then buy more. Proctor & Gamble makes toothpase, soap, and thousands of other products, sells them all over the world and each year, for the past 50 years they have increased their dividends. If they continue to be as successful for the next 50 years, buy now, reinvest your dividends and have a bundle by the time you retire. Also you may be able to live off your dividends. Besides soap, another product is energy. Exxon now has a dividend yield of 1.76%. I'm getting about 17% yield from my original investment many years ago and am now living off the dividends from it and other stocks.

Answer 4

If you don't want to spend much time thinking about your investments, then mutual funds are the way to go. Vangaurd offers a number of well-run funds. If you want to take an active role in your investing your should learn as much as you can about the markets. When I want a long-term buy, I want a company who is guaranteed to be here, earning lots of money, for a long time. REITs (real estate investment trusts) should definitely be considered, along with an energy company like Exxon, Chevron, COP. An electric utility should be included, like FPL. And you might also want to buy some, Google and GE.

Here is a portfolio of REIT stocks:

http://www.top10traders.com/ViewPortfolio.aspx?userID=565

This is from http://www.top10traders.com - this is a free site that lets you create a portfolio of stocks with $100,000 in "play" money. Each day the site ranks the best performing portfolios, so you can see how your picks perform compared to other investors.

Hope this helps.

Answer 5

You should try prosper.com. But only invest in loans with a credit rating of C or better and a DIT of less than 20%. I have had tremendous success with Prosper. Most of the loans I've funded have at least a 10% - 18% return. A lot better than any CD and safer than the stock market! Good Luck!

Check out this article from the NY Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/13/technology/13ecom.html?ex=1297486800&en=a0ac72b7453152ab&ei=5090

Answer 6

Go with mutual funds. They're a much better option than company stock. They're more diversified which makes them a bit more safer. And you make think a big company that pays a nice dividend may be safe, but people also thought Enron was one of those. Good luck.

Answer 7

don't invest in any one company.....because....you can invest in many good mutual funds and own hundreds of companies at once instead of just owning a few individual stocks, this is much safer and you will make more money in the long run. open a roth ira if you don't have one already, call vanguard or the american funds and they will get you going, just a few forms to complete, and most of all let that money alone and never touch it, unless you want to buy a house, or need it for education, or for health reasons....don't use the money to buy a car that will worth nothing in a few years..........be smart........

Answer 8

Blue chip companies because if invested for long term basis fetch you handsome returns. Even in a very volatile market,their
share prices will bounce back after a few day's trading.

Answer 9

in my view, i commerce oil businesses somewhat of making an investment in them, yet in spite of that, oil businesses and and oil/organic gas diversification businesses are great shares to take a place in. Exxon is the huge call, yet i admire Chevron(CVX) somewhat. don't get caught up purely the huge call oil drillers. you may desire to inspect names like APA, RIG, SLB, OXY, DVN, KMP, DUK, and CHK. a number of those shares are nat. gas extra suitable than oil, yet nonetheless interior the capability sector.

Answer 10

if you must have stocks i would pick some biggies like GE, Microsoft, 3m

but like the other post said, use mutual funds