When investing in the best top-quality companies, having a long-term horizon is the way to go. Like Warren Buffett once said: “Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre.” With this idea in mind, companies such as Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B), Nike (NYSE: NKE), and Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) are remarkably solid candidates to buy and hold for the long term, perhaps even forever.