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buy and hold

idiom
Meaning

A passive investment strategy where an investor purchases an asset and retains it for many years, rather than trading it frequently.


Examples
SIMPLE

He prefers to buy and hold his stocks for many years.

CONTEXTUAL

Instead of trying to predict daily market changes, she decided to buy and hold her shares for the long term.

COMPLEX

Many successful investors ignore short-term market volatility, choosing instead to buy and hold high-quality assets until they reach their full potential.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    apron-string hold

    An estate held by a man during his wife's life.

  2. 02

    buy a dog and bark oneself

    To do something that one has hired someone else to do.

  3. 03

    buy a ticket to

    Used to indicate that someone is in agreement with an assertion, statement, or suggestion.

  4. 04

    buy into

    To believe (something, especially something implausible); to accept (a craze, fad, or notion) as valid.

  5. 05

    buy it

    To believe any particular assertion or idea; to support it.

  6. 06

    buy out

    to purchase the entire stock or extent of something

  7. 07

    buy straw hats in winter

    Of stocks, to buy when both demand and price are low, so as to sell when demand and price are high.

  8. 08

    buy the farm

    To die; generally, to die in battle or in a plane crash.

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