Officially, a long-term investment is one that you will hold for more than one year. But a genuine long-term investment is usually held for much longer. The more conservative estimates of long-term often range between 3 and 5 years, and sometimes as far as 10 or 20 years. So for anyone hardwired to look for instant results (which is ALL of us), long-term investing presents some unique challenges.   Sex Appeal Status of Long Term Investing: None The most important thing to remember about long-term investments is that they are not sexy. Long term investing (usually combined with value investing) is by definition boring and dull. It is more about waiting for your investment thesis to be proven than about chasing returns. What makes this even more difficult is that even if your long-term investment strategy is a good strategy, there will be long periods of time where you look like a fool, and the people who are buying the high-flying stocks will make sure that you know you look like a fool!     This kind of pressure is inevitable with any type of investment, but it is more pronounced for long-term investors. “Missing the party” can be very disappointing, especially when it’s a party everyone is talking about. So how can you possibly feel good about your long-term investments when there is so much psychological pressure to get the fastest results? Here are a few things you can try: Don’t look Studies have shown that bad...