My 'Forever' Portfolio: 5 Stocks to Buy and Hold Forever

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[kennethpreston]

I like the topic, very thought provoking. I would choose TSLA META MSFT GOOG and AMZN

[RodThaBod]

My top 5 are Netflix, Costco, Amazon, Mastercard, and Walmart.

[jnmc]

I don’t agree on AirBnB.

The risk is that more countries and cities will treat it like the city of Barcelona has. It has been accused of contributing to housing shortages and increasing living costs, and therefore been completely banned.

The ban is expected to take effect in 2028 or 2029.

There is however an ongoing debate regarding the legality of the ban. An industry group has filed a complaint with the European comission.

I also know that the city of Toronto is experincing similar things and has tried to implement regulations.


I wanted to invest in AirBnB but after doing my ”due diligence” I couldnt bring myself to buy their stock because of this issue 😅

[Theresaa]

My portfolio is made up of positions in $NVDA 125k, $VOO 80k, $SCHD 77k and $PLTR 60k. Looking to add growth in A.I stocks for retirement. Any suggestions that would complete the existing positions?

[sarahdwormley]

I would like to pick the following stocks for 2025: AMZN, GOOGL, META, MSFT, MCO, MSCI, trying to keep everything around 10%. Please what could be my safest buys with 200 grand to outperform the market in 2025?

[macamatus]

In Europe, governments are putting many rules to Airbnb (taxes plus banning some areas for buying and renting as Airbnb).

[HumbleUncle]

Very thoughtful professor! All these businesses have great moats and are diversified globally.👍

[kathleenlow]

In the modern world with technology change, there is no stock you can hold forever. Look at the top 10 companies in the S&P 30 years ago and the ones now. Basically, you want to buy monopolies if you want great returns. Ask yourself which companies can maintain a monopoly position. In the modern era, companies with network effects become big but you need high switching cost too if they are to stay big. Switching cost means once someone uses the product, they are stuck and find it difficult to switch to a competitor. NVIDIA with just their GPU could be a Cisco or Intel. That’s why NVIDIA has to constantly add new applications and go into different areas and sectors to stay on top. Apple and Microsoft are different. Facebook is almost a monopoly. Uber is not. Easy to not use Uber and use Lyft but most people are stuck with Facebook.
I know this sounds boring and intellectual. But that’s how you think about the issue and make money.

[BarutzGaming]

I am not so sure Netflix will lead the film industry in the long term, great list btw. Amazon will be my n.1 if could only choose 1

[hmongCAM]

I have Amazon, and I agreed on VISA but I’m not too sure about the other ones. Thanks for sharing….

[Meangenehimself]

Amazon is a generational wealth opportunity

[vinodarora]

Hi Mr Parkev I really enjoy your show - thx for your detailed insight in your show and basic financial fundamentals

[Vpacv]

Great video! My top stock to hold forever would be Costco!!!

[vedatbagis]

You started so good w Netflix and Amazon. Visa is also understandable but I dont think anyone else would put Home Depot and Airbnb to this list...

[mistapikkles]

Swap ABNB with COST and I can ride with this list

[micka]

Netflix may be a king of streaming but I’m not sure whether streaming TAM can still be as high forever. In this harsh macroeconomics, with people’s struggling to afford necessities, streaming demand may eventually get significantly reduced

[johnpuchalski]

Only agree with Amazon. Maybe Visa...Home Depot is a stretch. I'm sorry Air BNB is a NO go.

[sylvainho]

In a taxable account your pretty much want to never sell to not lose all this tax money that can keep compound over the years.

[mdcunnin]

Love this concept! It seems like you inherently compiled a diversified list. Maybe, GOOG, META, MSFT, AMZN, AAPL would have been a bit dull. Thank you, professor!

[hs]

No stock is should held forever unless it pays a dividend