7 Bargain Income Stocks to Buy and Hold Forever Investors often seek out income stocks to hold forever, counting on the income to make up for a rocky market. The stock market’s steep drop incited panic, pressuring wary investors to sell the good companies along with the bad. Patient investors should take advantage of the market’s panic selling by scooping up income stocks at a discount. These companies’ ability to grow or sustain their market share in tough times is especially compelling. Perceptive investors should look beyond the basic financial valuation metrics. Price-to-earnings and price-to-sales are ratios that readers may easily obtain for free. Sites like Yahoo Finance offer that data easily. 7 Long-Term Stocks to Buy in a Bear Market All seven stocks are in the bargain bin after falling by up to 10% recently. Best Buy and Masco fell the most in 2022. They both trade with a margin of safety of at least 10%. BMO Bank of Montreal $96.20 BBY Best Buy $70.51 MAS Masco $47.62 RY Royal Bank of Canada $95.59 PRU Prudential Financial $91.44 VZ Verizon Communications $49.03 VICI VICI Properties $28.81 Bank of Montreal (BMO) Source: Shutterstock Bank of Montreal (NYSE: BMO ) posted impressive second-quarter results on May 24.