Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

buy and hold

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.95 in modern English

Syllables
buy and hold
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

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

Phrases

be greedy when others are fearful buy high, sell higher buy low, sell high buy the dip buy when it snows, sell when it goes sell in May and go away value investing

Frequently Paired Words

be greedy when others are fearful buy high, sell higher buy low, sell high buy the dip buy when it snows, sell when it goes sell in May and go away value investing

Antonyms

market timing pump and dump

Questions

What does buy and hold mean?
A passive investment strategy where an investor purchases an asset and retains it for many years, rather than trading it frequently.

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