• ryannathans@aussie.zone
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    20 hours ago

    No single stock should be a hold forever play (unless you count ETFs as a single stock)

    • Greg Clarke@lemmy.ca
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      19 hours ago

      A steady dividend stock might be a hold forever stock. Especially if you don’t want to realize the capital gains of the stock’s appreciation.

      • ryannathans@aussie.zone
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        16 hours ago

        It’s one single stock for one company, there is still high risk of extreme losses over a very long time

        • boonhet@sopuli.xyz
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          5 minutes ago

          The water utility for my country’s capital is a publicly traded company for some reason. The only way they’re going out of business is if people stop using water or water stops existing in the area.

          That can honestly be considered a forever stock as far as I can tell. Dividends aren’t super high but that’s because they’re constantly saving up half the profit for future infra work.

        • IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works
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          3 hours ago

          Depends on the company. Some asset heavy companies (think railroads, commercial REITs) pay steady dividends, and are extremely unlikely to just go under without warning.