Comments on: "Buy & Hold" Is Dead? I Think Not. http://www.peridotcapitalist.com/2008/11/buy-hold-is-dead-i-think-not.html Chad Brand's stock market and investing blog Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:02:35 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Britt (Your Roth IRA) http://www.peridotcapitalist.com/2008/11/buy-hold-is-dead-i-think-not.html/comment-page-1#comment-1501 Britt (Your Roth IRA) Thu, 14 May 2009 14:44:22 +0000 http://www.peridotcapitalist.com/?p=672#comment-1501 Buy and hold is definitely still alive. Despite the previous comment's beliefs, plenty of buy and hold investors made money in the market over the past ten years. I know from experience. From 2004-2005, I bought and held shares of Anheuser-Busch (BUD) for between $41 and $44 per share. I got paid dividends each quarter, and despite wanted to hold onto BUD forever, I was forced to sell in December 2008 for $68 per share. That's a 50%+ return during a time the market was down. My buy and hold strategy on several other individual stocks has worked well. And although I haven't done it myself, my guess is that total market ETF investors who have reinvested their dividends over the last ten years are also ahead and beating the market... Buy and hold is definitely still alive. Despite the previous comment’s beliefs, plenty of buy and hold investors made money in the market over the past ten years. I know from experience. From 2004-2005, I bought and held shares of Anheuser-Busch (BUD) for between $41 and $44 per share. I got paid dividends each quarter, and despite wanted to hold onto BUD forever, I was forced to sell in December 2008 for $68 per share. That’s a 50%+ return during a time the market was down.

My buy and hold strategy on several other individual stocks has worked well. And although I haven’t done it myself, my guess is that total market ETF investors who have reinvested their dividends over the last ten years are also ahead and beating the market…

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.peridotcapitalist.com/2008/11/buy-hold-is-dead-i-think-not.html/comment-page-1#comment-1086 Anonymous Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:59:00 +0000 http://www.peridotcapitalist.com/?p=672#comment-1086 Yes, buy & hold is dead.<br/><br/>Even if you dollar cost averaged through the 2000s, you're mostly underwater (at least I am). Adjusted for inflation, I have lost quite a bit.<br/><br/>Your entire thesis points to the view that buy & hold is stupid. You claim stocks were overvalued in the late 90s. That means sell.<br/><br/>You claim their are undervalued now. That means buy.<br/><br/>The lesson? Value matters everwhere and always. Buy and hold is a chump's game. Yes, buy & hold is dead.

Even if you dollar cost averaged through the 2000s, you're mostly underwater (at least I am). Adjusted for inflation, I have lost quite a bit.

Your entire thesis points to the view that buy & hold is stupid. You claim stocks were overvalued in the late 90s. That means sell.

You claim their are undervalued now. That means buy.

The lesson? Value matters everwhere and always. Buy and hold is a chump's game.

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