Most of my holdings (>95%) are essentially perpetual holdings. I've had BRK.A since the 5-digit days and have GOOG and GOOGL from the split. I have 4 of the 5 major Canadian banks (all but CM). No intention of selling. I don't even sell covered calls on anything. I generally don't pay attention to that part of the portfolio. The market and that part of the portfolio could be up 3%, but that would piss me off cause it would likely hurt my 'options' portfolio. I haven't updated in a few months, but these are my set-it-and-forget-it holdings.
Did you trade Grupo Aeropuerto, Coke Femsa and Grupo Cemento during the surge in stocks going crazy? You made my day, had not thought of Telefonos in years, I did make some good money on it. I bought Cheyenne Software after they missed the Q plus had back-ended loaded their Qs so they got pounded in the ground. I bought in my ex-wife's account and let her hold it until Oracle or McAfee bought them out. People-soft was another stock I held until it got bought out too. Keep em coming, you know you held out for 5x or 10x baggers(Iomega, Force-Protection, GunLock), TAZR, CROX, Clearly Canadian, JDSU and other stocks like CKR buying at $1 only to sell out at $15 a few times.
I speak up whenever I see injustice, he basically demoralized with his statement half the human race, does not make me the moral police, it makes me free and aware.
I can see both points one guy cares a lot another not at all. Cool thing you guys can both live your lives how you see fit. Whatever makes you sleep at night right.
I bought many energy stocks earlier this year at the lows (CHK, UPL, COP, APA, SLB, OXY and a couple others). I plan on holding them for years, some of these stocks have excellent yields and are up 70%+ already, some 4-6 fold since I bought. My 2 cents on that play, if you feel like you bought "generational lows" there is no reason to ever sell.
What happens if you invest in a company where the paradigm leaving them struggling to survive? Amazon is like Walmart was, its a catagory killer wiping out the Malls. How do you avoid involving yourself in stocks with potentials to lose their edge or money like the MLPs did in 2015-2016 (VNR,BBEP,LINE,LNCO) if you by chance did own a stock or partnership?
I Started in 1978, was advised to build a "core" of Computer and Cigarette stocks, Uncles told me both are either additive or the future, both would give excellent dividends, and cost back then was too much to do in/out trading like today. So much of stuff I got before 1985, I never sold and mostly likely will never sell. I love getting dividends, and why most stocks I buy for longer term they become like a gift to buy more stocks.
My great uncle bought Nortel Networks in the 1970s or possibly early 1980s and passed the stock on through the family. I remember some intense discussions in the family around 1999 as to whether to sell. I didn't want to get involved and I don't actually know what happened in the end. Enough time has passed now...I'm going to ask my mom what happened. Thanks for sparking the memory. Heck of a chart: https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=NRTLQ#symbol=NRTLQ;range=