Great thread, I actually posted a question about a strategy where you buy the DIA and short the 30 stocks in the dow believing that stocks in the dow will fail over time. With that being said, stocks(not companies, its clear that the IPO's of the recent old money partnerships have changed them) that have been around in our grandfathers time(or current subsids) will probably still exist. So here are my 5 KO XOM (will always have their hand in energy) YUM FDP GE I would still take MDY over these 5 any day
and at 20 bill gates grandchildren will still be the imperial rulers of mars by then. the planet not the candy bars.
Canned goods Ammo, several calibres plenty of drinking water playing cards Can't think of a fifth. Hey, that's it. A fifth.
I wonder if people will be looking back at this thread in 30 years. Even if ET isn't around by then, good likelihood it gets cached and stored forever by a web crawler. I think 99% of people that choose a large cap dominant today would suffer or get wiped out over 30 years. Then again you might do alright if the company paid a fat dividend and you invested the dividend in silver/gold. Small caps and micro caps are the only way to go for the long run IMO. Most large caps dominant today will be gone or small caps in 30 years. Their only salvation is the dividend as mentioned. A small cap stock today will be a large cap of tomorrow. Swedish stock Elekta is my pick