Investing guru Warren Buffett's favorite holding period is "forever." It isn't easy to find stocks that qualify for that kind of long-term confidence, but these five companies fit the bill for me. Read on to see why I'm not likely to sell off my real-money holdings in Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL), Red Hat (NYSE: RHT), Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS), or Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) anytime soon -- and maybe not ever.
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The company formerly known as Google is itching to outgrow its online search-and-advertising history. Under the Alphabet umbrella, the company is exploring long-term growth markets such as self-driving cars, the end of human aging, and smart home appliances. The depth of Alphabet's non-digital ambitions is impossible to cover in a short article like this one; suffice it to say that the company is changing gears in a very significant way.
Source: Fool.com