buy-and-hold strategy

buy-and-hold strategy definition - business

buy-and-hold strategy

The investment strategy of purchasing assets and holding them for extended periods. Investors using the buy-and-hold strategy select assets on the basis of their long-term outlook. Such investors are not influenced by short- or intermediate-term movements in the price of an asset.

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