For non-retirement account stocks you buy, what % return are you expecting before selling?

Buy and hold 99% of the time

Buy and hold most of time. I have several that are up over 300% and a bunch over 50%

KULR
QBTS
RGTI


My 3 largest % increases

always buying… in non Ira accounts, I only sell if I need the money for something specific or think it could be better invested elsewhere

Is it a factor of time and return? Or just return?
I look for business that I want to own for decades at a fair price based on earnings, sales, and dividends.

Would you lock in a 50% return after 7days or shoot for more?
7 days is a lottery ticket. I want to own an equity stake in a going concern.

What about 30% return in 2 days?
See above

Or do you hold at least 1 year to lower taxes owed?
My favorite holding period, forever.

Impossible to answer really. In my swing portfolio though, if I’m handed a huge return in short time, I am strongly inclined to take it and move on.

I keep my long term hold stocks in non-retirement accounts. I might sell portions of my position if I think the market is going into a decline that is somewhat long term. I did this at the end of last year and beginning of this year. All of the stocks I sell I’ve held at least a year.

Yep. But the dip and sell the rip.

One of my biggest regrets is I have purchased a lot of stocks, for investments and not trading, that I thought were gang busters at the time and for whatever reason along the way I decided to part ways.

Looking back, had I simply held all of the stocks I had purchased, I would have retired a while ago.

Lesson, unless you figure that a stock you bought it shite; I'm anticipating that you bought it for a reason, HOLD IT, chances you were right, it just needed time.

I buy and hold almost all the time.

If by some freak occurrence I see a 20% hike in less than 6 months, it gets my attention and I look into why. Sometimes I sell, sometimes I hold.

I run a small hedge fund and also have a personal account. In my hedge fund 90% of my gains are short term. I'm a big chart guy so I have a multitude of strategies and targets. One thing I learned is if I get a quick pop to take the gains fast. I can't tell you how many times I had a big quick gain in minutes to days only to see it vanish and turn negative soon thereafter. We are getting a lot of that right now. The market is really confused and there is little conviction, both short and long (up & down).

In my personal account 90% of my gains are long term. I'm extremely happy with 10-20%/yr using long term growth stocks. VMC and AVGO are 2 I've held for years. TOL, ALGN, MP and CLS are stocks I've bought recently that I want to hold for years. I always reinvest dividends. Rule of 72 says a 10%/yr investment will double every 7.2 years. 20% doubles every 3.6 years. That's pretty damn good IMHO.