What do you consider to be a long term investment.

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Quote from: BitHodler on January 24, 2016, 11:28:19 AM

I hear people talking about holding Bitcoin as long term investment and such, but what is long term for you?

I personally find long term to be at least 2 years where I hold my coins without touching them.

Periods under 3 months are short term investments
3 months to 1 year is a mid length investment
Over 1 year is a fairly long term investment
3 years + Example holding on to oil stocks until the economy picks up again and those shares start rallying is a long term investment.

Bitcoin anything over a week is a long term investment if your trading lol.

I somewhat agree, to me a year of holding bitcoins or anything else is a long term but maybe that's because I don't have too much to put aside, therefore I can't keep something away for a long time. I guess its different for different individuals, what one may consider to be short term, it may not be the same for someone else.

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I would say that a long-term investment is any investment that goes up to a specific point (or is at least predicted to go up to a specific point) over the course of 5 years or longer. Mid-term would be 1-5 years, and a short-term investment would be under 1 year.

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A long term period is very long for me if I'm honest, if you choose for a long term investment, you will go for 8 years or more in my opinion.
Its maybe long but a long term investment has to be long to make a lot of profit right ?
As a example you can see it with gold if you long term invest in it.

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Quote from: jt byte on March 12, 2016, 05:35:57 PM

Long term is around 2-5 years. Depending on the asset you are investing in.
For bitcoin 2 years is a long time. For stocks 4 years is a good time to consider selling or re-buying.
In the end it really depends on the asset.

In the world of bitcoin the time is different indeed.
For me even 1 year is very long when it comes to bitcoin, simply because a lot of things can happen in 1 year.
However i consider a normal period of 5 years long term.

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If the investment is made through bitcoin, then even 1 year will be considered a long term investment. In a year itself good profit can be earned.

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Long term is around 2-5 years. Depending on the asset you are investing in.
For bitcoin 2 years is a long time. For stocks 4 years is a good time to consider selling or re-buying.
In the end it really depends on the asset.

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Quote from: BitHodler on January 24, 2016, 11:28:19 AM

I hear people talking about holding Bitcoin as long term investment and such, but what is long term for you?

I personally find long term to be at least 2 years where I hold my coins without touching them.

for me, long term investment is year and more, like 3 years sometimes 4, some people holds bitcoins for month or two and already says "i'm going long", and sells bitcoins after first small price rise after month, funny to see how people misunderstands these terms

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Quote from: dothebeats on February 04, 2016, 01:01:15 PM

Serious long-term investment for me would be housing and hectares of land (at least here in my country.) The scene has been booming recently with real estate developers buying lands near commercialized areas. As for bitcoin, I'm planning to hold to them for the next 5-8 years max. It's been doing good for me, even with the recent price drops.

I'd be curious to know where you live. And yes, I agree. Land is always a good investment. There will never be more than it already is.

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Serious long-term investment for me would be housing and hectares of land (at least here in my country.) The scene has been booming recently with real estate developers buying lands near commercialized areas. As for bitcoin, I'm planning to hold to them for the next 5-8 years max. It's been doing good for me, even with the recent price drops.

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Quote from: BitHodler on January 24, 2016, 11:28:19 AM

I hear people talking about holding Bitcoin as long term investment and such, but what is long term for you?

I personally find long term to be at least 2 years where I hold my coins without touching them.

I'm planning to HODL for 5 years upwards, possibly 10 but I guess it all depends on what happens with the price. It's difficult to imagine what the 'get out' price is.

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It depends if you keep your bitcoins or if you invest them in another commodity and then wait for it to grow in value. Sometimes it's smart to invest in different things, not to just hope that bitcoin will increase.

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Long term for me is 5-10 years and it is going to be difficult during those years to watch upward movement and not be able to sell and take profits because you want to hang on to the coin. That is what is hard with bitcoin is that if you take profit you loose the coin.

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For me, anything that is more than 1 year is long time investment. It can be long, or longer, but yet 1 year seems like a good time in crypto world. Medium time would be months, short time weeks/days.

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If you do a long term investment its mostly 10 years.
Also long term investments are pretty nice to have.
The bitcoin will rise to a high price so that's a plus point for your bitcoins on long term.

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If you do a long term investment, I am talking about 10 years.
Its the best way to invest in long term because the bitcoin will rise in his years.

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A long term investment would be something i will get profit from for years .
Something I would be getting profit from for the next 15-20 years.

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since i am a bitcoin hodler , long term is about 10 years for me.

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Quote from: BitHodler on February 03, 2016, 07:36:08 AM

Quote from: italianobitcoin on February 03, 2016, 05:39:28 AM

I consider something i could use my whole life as a long term investment.

A house as example.

I was more talking about Bitcoin as investment but a house is most definitely what I consider to be a long term investment.

is it still considered an investment if you plan to live in the house you bought for your entire life? i consider an investment to be something that you plan to sell at a later point for a profit.

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Quote from: italianobitcoin on February 03, 2016, 05:39:28 AM

I consider something i could use my whole life as a long term investment.

A house as example.

I was more talking about Bitcoin as investment but a house is most definitely what I consider to be a long term investment.

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