Warren Buffett once said that his "favorite holding period is forever." However, there are plenty of stocks that he doesn't even hold for five years. Why doesn't the legendary investor always live up to his ideal? Things change.

I'm optimistic about all of the stocks in my portfolio over the long term. Otherwise, I would sell the ones that I didn't feel good about. Of course, my confidence level is much higher for some than for others. I won't predict that I'll hold any given stock forever. But here are five stocks I'll almost certainly still own in 2030 (listed in alphabetical order).

Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) ranks as my favorite of the FAANG stocks right now. I love the company's moat, especially with its core Google search business. It's hard for me to envision another search engine dethroning Google by 2030 or even by 2050.

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