If you guys had tens of thousands laying in a checking account (don't ask) and you had 3 stocks in mind that fundamentally or technically couldn't help but be up 5 or 10 years from now, what are you buying (plz don't say AAPL or GOOG) lol
Take with a grain of salt as I'm far from an expert
For a 5-10 year hold I like:
Social Media:
FB - 60% of my portfolio right now and I'm up 27% since I bought Jan 2014. To me this is THE play, it will be trading 10X current PPS in a few years. People will be looking at it like NFLX and kicking themselves for not buying.
IP Patents:
MARA. I also like VHC, or if you want super high risk, VRNG (Mark Cuban has shares so it will find a way towards gains IMO)
3D Printing:
SSYS (other options are DDD, or on the riskier side ONVO)
Cell Phone Provider: TMUS
and a
Chinese play: I like
YOD, but it's a gamble. BABA is probably your best bet for low risk. Something like YOKU or DANG could fly. I'm so damn intrigued by these China stocks. I'm 99% sure we will see the sector have a parabolic run at some point in the next few years.
Again, this is just my own speculation and gut feeling. Buyer beware
Also, the most important thing is to be patient, make sure you have stop losses, and then treat it like the crock pot. "set it and forget it".