What would you buy and hold now?

[Lemstaboy]

Ok i'm gonna be busy as hell with work over the next 2 years so day trading won't be an option, however being busy as hell will hopefully create a nice amount of £££ to invest in stocks, anyway i have a feeling that quite a few of the markets have hit rock bottom, or are close to the bottom anyway. If you were looking to buy and hold lots of stock over the next couple of years, what would you keep your eye on and what would you buy now?

Also are: Home - SimplyStockbroking any good?

Cheers

p.s where on earth has the general section gone?

Maybe take a look at Kinovo (LSE:KINO) who stand to benefit from compliance requirements which the government are continually imposing.

 

[encumber]

Thought I'd do a follow-up to my stock suggestions that I made a year ago. How did I do? Not well! The average return was -11.1% compared to the index of +9.5%.

Here were the selections: BA 1346p, BMY 712, BNZL 3462, CCC 2698, FOUR 5160, GAMA 1540, MGNS 2975, RNWH 1072. (For reference, ASX is 4560).


Here are the result: BA 1749p (+29.7%), BMY 489p (-31.3%), BNZL 2518p (-27.3%), CCC 2317p (-14.1%), FOUR 3455p (-33.0%), GAMA 1082p (-29.1%), MGNS 4182p (+40.6%), RNWH 815p (-24.2%). (For reference, ASX is 4991, +9.5%). Numbers are approximate.

I still hold all of the shares listed. Obviously I am disappointed with the results obtained, especially since I trailed the indices by a massive 20.6%.

 

[1nvest]

Thought I'd do a follow-up to my stock suggestions that I made a year ago. How did I do? Not well! The average return was -11.1% compared to the index of +9.5%.

Here were the selections: BA 1346p, BMY 712, BNZL 3462, CCC 2698, FOUR 5160, GAMA 1540, MGNS 2975, RNWH 1072. (For reference, ASX is 4560).


Here are the result: BA 1749p (+29.7%), BMY 489p (-31.3%), BNZL 2518p (-27.3%), CCC 2317p (-14.1%), FOUR 3455p (-33.0%), GAMA 1082p (-29.1%), MGNS 4182p (+40.6%), RNWH 815p (-24.2%). (For reference, ASX is 4991, +9.5%). Numbers are approximate.

I still hold all of the shares listed. Obviously I am disappointed with the results obtained, especially since I trailed the indices by a massive 20.6%.

Have you thought of using something like a rotational strategy. buying the top 10 stocks for example, and rotating into them. Its not buy and hold, but you could always reduce your risk instead of holding through the drawdowns?