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Roni | Is now a good time for me to invest in the stock market? |
Since the market is not doing so well, is it a good time for me to purchase stocks at a cheaper price? I have never invested money and I want to. I was told that the best time to buy is when the market is down because the prices are cheaper and I can buy more for my money. Is that right or am I way off base? Please educate me. |
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derobake
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Go back and re-read PK's response. She is right on the money (no pun intended).
If you have never invested before, you will need to get a basic education on stocks, bonds, and mutual funds before you venture money into them. Even if the market is "cheap" right now, you should still know what you are doing before you buy into it.
In general, you will want to first establish a goal for your money and define a time horizon for that goal. This is because your time horizon will determine how much risk you should take. Trust me, there are going to be many periods of "cheap stocks" during the upcoming years and decades. You are not missing out if you do not purchase on Monday. Please take the time to learn first. The market has been around for over 200 years, and it ain't leaving any time soon.
Here are 4 great sources of info that will help orient you:
1) Mutual Funds for Dummies, by Eric Tyson. IMO, a required read for any new investor. Read it over the weekend and then you'll be ready to invest on Monday :-)
2) The Boglehead's Guide to Investing
3) I have a free downloadable book at http://www.invest-for-retirement.com . It's pretty good, but not quite as good as Mr. Tyson's book. However, mine is free. His is not.
4) http://www.investopedia.com has some tutorials that are great for beginners. I would spend hours there when I first started my learning.
To answer your actual question: Yes, it is generally considered a good idea to purchase more stocks when the market is down, or cheap. This allows you to purchase more stocks and paves the way for higher returns, provided that you hold your stocks for a long time. As Benjamin Graham says, the most dangerous time to buy stocks is in the midst of a strong bull market when stock prices are high relative to their company's earnings. |
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No.
Stocks move in trends. When they are cheaper they may get even cheaper. When they are expensive they may get even more expensive.
Wait for the market to correct and turn back up. |
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Yes, the markets are off right now, but it is very difficult to "time the market". Anytime is a good time to invest if you do it wisely. If you are unexperienced in the stock market, I would avoid concentrating your investment into single stocks, but try to get a broad and diverse sample of the market. The easiest way to do this is through a no-load (this is important as it means no sales costs and more of your money goes into actually buying shares), index mutual fund or ETF (exchange-traded fund). Mutual funds is you are planning on putting in small amounts over the course of time, like monthly. An ETF if you have one large amount to purchase upfront (because you are charged a trading commission).
Also, the money you begin to invest in the stock market should be your long term (think long investment horizon) money. You should also have an emergency cash account (preferably in a high yielding savings account) and other balanced investments for money you want to use within the next 5-10 years.
Do some investigating and research. |
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That's only really going to be true more if you are investing for the short-term or if you had a large amount of money to invest now (so that the savings from any stocks that you buy that are down will be substantial enough. Aside from that, I think a better gameplan is to think of investing for the long-term, diversifying and planning on holding on for longer periods. In that case, you'll experience losses in times when the markets drop like right now, but it wouldn't matter unless you were selling right now. Check out Sharebuilder (www.sharebuilder.com) which is a great site that I've loved using for investing for years. They allow you to invest a certain dollar amount, equating often to buying fractions of shares at a time, which allows for less of a major deposit for each transaction. They also have plans such as a monthly plan that I use where you can set up a certain amount of money to be taken from your bank account each month/week and be deposited into a specific stock(s) or fund. The monthly fees for this type of account are really minimal. You can search and do research on the website and also set up your own personal IRA's, Roth IRA's, etc. It's a great site that I've written about as a great investment tool for the small investor and beginning investor. You'll still need to do your research and think about diversifying and determine your own risk levels, and ... Well, you get the idea, but I think it's a great place to start that doesn't ask for such high opening balances as I found too restrictive when I wanted to first get involved in investing for myself. |
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No, I don't think so. This recent drop is nothing to what is coming. |
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