This post on the VERB board lends serious support for the long term buy and hold strategy, even if it's just because people don't have time to constantly flip stocks. There's solid proof in this data that, if you get the meaning of it, suggests that if an investor has good reason to believe a company will succeed, they would do best to keep emotion and above all FEAR & GREED out of their investment decisions and leave their long term investments to grow.
https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=5490659