Find good companies and hold those positions tenaciously over time to yield multiples upon multiples of your original investment.
-David Gardner, Motley Fool co-Founder
We have one simple investing philosophy behind our greatest returns — we don’t recommend you buy any stocks if you’re not willing to hold them for at least 5 years. That’s the simple investing philosophy behind our greatest returns.
We are focused on the long-term. Let the day traders work all day for their 5% blips here and there, and fret when the market falls off for a month. We play an entirely different game -- a game measured by huge percentage points of profit, and counted in years.
And given the volatility presented in the market over the past couple of years, we think this strategy has never been more crucial.
It’s hard to believe, but 2023 marked the 30-year anniversary of the founding of The Motley Fool.
It’s truly amazing that we were able to go from publishing an investment newsletter for 300 or so subscribers out of a literal shed…
To serving hundreds of thousands of paid members and millions more hardworking investors on our free site.
The analyst team at The Motley Fool have put together a heck of a run. And since I have the luxury of working with them, I know what they’re most proud of is their ability to consistently lead investors to some of the most life-changing investment returns the market has ever seen. I’m talking, of course, about companies like:
- Amazon up22,685% (since Stock Advisor recommended it Sept. 9, 2002)
- Netflix up32,575% (since Stock Advisor recommended it Dec. 17, 2004)
- Nvidia up53,718% (since Stock Advisor recommended it April 15, 2005)
Those are actual investment recommendations The Motley Fool has shared with our investing community over the years.
We know what you’re thinking. You would have had to invest in those companies over 15 years ago to see those types of returns. Many members did and have seen those life changing returns.
But don’t feel like you’ve missed out...
In all the winning stock picks over the last 5 years, The Motley Fool already has several recommendations that have returned more than 100% (yes, even with current market conditions).
Some of our best of these recommendations include:
- HubSpot (up291%) since December 5, 2019
- The Trade Desk (up298%) since November 7, 2019
- Tesla (up470%) since January 2, 2020
I want to make sure I reemphasize that the returns you are seeing are all from recommendations we’ve made in just the last 5 years!
What does that tell you? There are still amazing companies out there -- and our dedicated analysts are tirelessly working every day to identify more of these companies for our members.
Imagine the potential these recommendations could have if given 15 years to mature like we did with Amazon, Netflix, and NVIDIA.
Is the greatest investing “secret” of all even a secret?
Maybe not, but judging by the short-term mindset of many investors -- individual and institutional alike -- it may as well be.
David Gardner said it perfectly when he wrote, “So scribble this down and put it on your fridge door: Find good companies and hold those positions tenaciously over time to yield multiples upon multiples of your original investment.”
That’s it. That’s our “secret”.
And you could just look at any of the great companies of our time. You can just look at the stock market over time. The facts are all there, but it's amazing how obscured they are by the media coverage of the markets and by how people mis-learn investing, often very early in their careers.
Go back to our early picks of Amazon and Netflix? What if you had sold those positions too early because you were so focused on short-term gain?
After all, if you sold Netflix in its second year or Amazon in its third year, and you didn't get to enjoy the 10th and 15th year of your holding, you left almost untold amounts of money on the table. Think of it this way: You held one of these positions for three years because you bought low and sold high. Sure you made a three-bagger... But, If you had held your positions in one of these stocks for 10 years, you could have grown your position 150x! Ever heard of a 150-bagger? At The Motley Fool, we sure have.
The Time Is Now!
Motley Fool Stock Advisor sees an average return of656%. But every so often, our team issues what we call a ‘Double Down’ recommendation: a chance for investors who missed the boat on a great stock to get in again…and a chance for investors who did buy to add to their gains.
Remember, we’ve never rested on our laurels. We are continuously working to find those next great potential stock picks.
We’ve announced three ‘Double Down’ recommendations, exclusively for Stock Advisor members.
Returns are updated during market hours. John Mackey, former CEO of Whole Foods Market, an Amazon subsidiary, is a member of The Motley Fool’s board of directors. Adam Jones has positions in Amazon.com and Okta. The Motley Fool has positions in Amazon.com, HubSpot, Netflix, Nvidia, Okta, Tesla, and The Trade Desk. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
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