Here Are All 6 Stocks I've Bought Through 5 Months of 2025
A volatile stock market represents an ideal opportunity for long-term investors to pounce.
It's been a wild ride for the stock market through the first five months of 2025. As of mid-February, Wall Street's major stock indexes could do no wrong, with the benchmark S&P 500 vaulting to an all-time record-closing high. But over the next two months, tariff-related uncertainty pushed the Nasdaq Composite into its first bear market in three years, and weighed the S&P 500 down to near-bear market territory.
Historically, double-digit percentage declines in the major stock indexes represent ideal opportunities for long-term investors to pounce.
As of this writing on June 2, I hold 38 positions in my portfolio -- 37 stocks and one exchange-traded fund (ETF) -- and only four of these stakes have been held for less than a year. Buying and holding stocks for years is ingrained into my investment philosophy.
