2007-06-23 01:54:15 · 11 answers · asked by wishingstar5555 3 in Business & Finance ➔ Investing
Apple & Microsoft. But if I could go back 40 years ago I think I would have just put everything I had in a 30 year Bond at 18 percent. My money would have doubled 7 times over without having to worry about anything.
2007-06-23 11:11:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are LOTS of potential answers (WMT and MSFT both come quickly to mind), but let me give one that might surprise a few people.
MO - current price is $68.20, split adjusted price on 1/23/70 was $0.3632, it's consistently paid dividends that entire time (currenly yielding about 4%), and it's split on 4 different occaisions (two were 2:1 splits, one was 3:1, one was 4:1). In addition, initial investors would also significant investment in KFT.
An initial investment in 100 shares in 1970 would have cost about $3500. With splits, the investor would now own 9600 share worth $654, 720 (not including dividends). In addition, the investor would earned 6643.4304 shares of KFT, which is currently worth $240, 824.352 (not including dividends). Add those totals together, the portfolio is worth $895,544.35. Pretty good... and had you reinvested your dividends... WOW!!!
2007-06-23 10:34:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you think " long-term", you would do very well just to invest in the staples of life... Procter& Gamble, Johnson& Johnson, some " energy" companies... currently you would broaden that kind of scope with some mutual funds in international markets, maybe some telecom funds...and definitely something in metals and materials.( The world is building infrastructure...EVERYWHERE.)
Everybody has those Polaroid, or Xerox, or Yahoo stories to tell " made a zillion, bought XYZ at $ 1.25.... but there are 99 people for everyone of those stories that just bought Merck, or Sears....and end up in the same place over time.
2007-06-23 14:38:02 · answer #3 · answered by jebediabartlett 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As I recall the all time best performing company over the past 50 years is the Altria group, better known as Philip Morris.
Over the past 25 years I believe the champ has been a mutual fund company called Eaton Vance.
And of course there are plenty of other companies you couldn't go wrong with--Berkshire Hathaway, Pfizer, Walmart, Dell, internet stocks until early 2000.
2007-06-24 05:13:46 · answer #4 · answered by Adam J 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Microsoft
2007-06-23 08:56:06 · answer #5 · answered by elaeblue 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More time with those people I love who are no longer with me except in spirit and my education. My first thought was of loved ones because they will never be replaced. My second was my education because when you are young you take e some very important things for granted, then you get old and try to play catch up. Fortunately for everyone thinking money money money , its been around for a long time and will continue to be so forever. If it is meant for you to be rich, your destiny will be fulfilled.
2007-06-23 10:57:10 · answer #6 · answered by Love 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Horseracing
2007-06-23 11:54:09 · answer #7 · answered by Rolande de Haye 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pepsi Cola. When it first went public, stocks traded at $0.10 per share.
2007-06-23 09:18:42 · answer #8 · answered by regerugged 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gasoline and Microsoft.
2007-06-23 09:00:03 · answer #9 · answered by Lucianna 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
J.deere--Cummings--microsoft-- boeing---jcp---sears--kmart walmart---mobil copper---steel gold
2007-06-23 09:08:14 · answer #10 · answered by Gerald 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋