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Updated · The Motley Fool · Jun 8
Investor Picks 3 Stocks to Hold 20 Years Despite Crash Risks
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Updated · The Motley Fool · Jun 8

Investor Picks 3 Stocks to Hold 20 Years Despite Crash Risks

3 articles · Updated · The Motley Fool · Jun 8

Summary

  • Three stocks made the investor’s 20-year keep list: Berkshire Hathaway, Intuitive Surgical and Nvidia, chosen even with expectations of a possible market correction in the next year or two.
  • Berkshire anchors the group as a lower-volatility holding—its 0.62 beta suggests smaller swings than the broader market—and the investor says confidence remains after Warren Buffett’s 2026 CEO handoff to Greg Abel.
  • Intuitive Surgical adds a medical-technology growth angle, with more than 12,000 systems installed, first-quarter procedures up 17% and revenue up 23%; its recurring service and supplies business is a key attraction.
  • Nvidia rounds out the list on AI-driven momentum: first-quarter revenue jumped 85% to $81.6 billion and data-center revenue rose 92% to $75.2 billion, while the investor argues its valuation still looks reasonable.
  • The broader thesis is durability over short-term timing—favoring diversified, market-leading businesses with long runways and valuations the investor sees as acceptable despite inflation, unrest and recent double-digit market gains.

Insights

With Berkshire holding a record $397 billion in cash, is its management signaling that even the best stocks are currently overvalued?
Can Intuitive Surgical’s monopoly survive threats from Chinese rivals and the surprising impact of new weight-loss drugs on surgery rates?
As states block data center expansion, is Nvidia's explosive AI growth about to hit a physical and political wall?