Brookfield, Berkshire Hathaway, Investor AB, Constellation Software and BlackRock are the best true buy-and-hold names, because their exceptional management gives real confidence in long-term performance and compounding. x.com 

Enduring business drivers give these eight stocks years to compound. Amazon's AWS prints money while commerce and ads build; cybersecurity grows more essential for CrowdStrike; Brookfield plays infrastructure and renewables; Robinhood's financial super app takes years to mature. Synopsys' chip-design software stays profitable for patient holders; Eli Lilly's GLP-1 drugs reshape health; TSMC makes advanced chips; GE Vernova's turbines and grid gear serve decades of power needs. x.com  x.com  x.com  … Show more

Berkshire Hathaway offers no edge over simply owning the S&P 500. Its supposed defensiveness does not hold up, since both fell over 50% in the financial crisis and over 30% in 2020. Investors worried about a recession can keep some cash themselves rather than rely on Berkshire's cash pile. x.com  x.com 

Amazon, Meta, Broadcom, AMD, ServiceNow, Microsoft and ASML are strong enough to serve as decade-long cornerstone holdings. Amazon has AWS, ads, marketplace, Prime and logistics reinforcing each other. Meta reaches about 3.6B daily users with an AI-improved ad engine. Broadcom pairs chip infrastructure with embedded software, both cash-rich. AMD wins with EPYC, Instinct and ROCm. ServiceNow and Microsoft are deeply embedded in daily business, and ASML alone makes EUV systems at scale. x.com  … Show more

Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, American Express, Coca-Cola, McDonald's, JPMorgan Chase and UnitedHealth are stocks worth holding forever. They aren't the flashiest names and won't deliver the best returns, but they offer consistency and can be counted on to keep growing for decades. x.com  x.com  x.com  x.com  x.com  x.com  x.com  x.com  x.com 

Amazon is one of the market's great opportunity-cost traps. After its earnings and historic capex spending, the stock risks moving sideways for a long period, locking up capital that could earn much better returns elsewhere. x.com 

Berkshire Hathaway benefits from a flight to low-beta quality stocks that are not burdening themselves with AI debt. Its shares are up 10% in October, while three of its largest holdings, Apple, Coca-Cola and Chevron, have been surging. Boring pays. x.com 

These 12 stocks are quality compounders sharing pricing power, recurring demand, strong returns on capital and disciplined management. Domino's earns royalties, AutoZone serves an aging fleet, Progressive underwrites with data, Waste Management owns routes and landfills, Grainger is embedded in operations, S&P Global and FICO are mission-critical, Rollins has recurring pest control, Copart an auction network, Visa a fee network, HEICO niche aerospace parts, Costco loyal members. x.com  x.com  … Show more

Quality and price favor these eight stocks. Amazon improves as its multiple falls; Uber generates serious cash flow; Netflix is more profitable at a lower multiple; ServiceNow grew amid multiple compression. SoFi's appeal hinges on earnings near management's long-term expectations. McDonald's ranks among the world's highest-quality businesses at one of its more reasonable valuations in years. AI disruption weighs on Adobe's valuation; Brookfield compounds assets at a comfortable long-term price. … Show more

Durable demand makes these eight companies attractive at forward earnings multiples below their historical medians. Vistra has long power deals; ASML expects demand above capacity in 2027-28; GE Vernova's turbines are sold out through 2028. Eaton expects data-center deliveries from 2028. Waste Management leads garbage collection; American Tower has $23B in scheduled rent, Linde $64B in commitments, and BWX Technologies an $8.4B backlog backed by Navy demand. GE Vernova's multiple is still high. … Show more