long-term buy

long-term buy
   a poor investment
   The jargon of the analyst:
    They are required to analyze corporate clients but these pieces of research never say anything negative. The worst phrase you might read is 'neutral' or 'long-term buy'. (Sunday Telegraph, 8 August 1999)

How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. . 2014.

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