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illy3434 | Stocks....?? smart and serious people only!? |
What are some good stocks to invest in? i am 19 and want to put a little money into stocks. dont know what i'm doing really but good advice please?! and if u think ur being clever by writing stupid things you are wasting your time no one ever laughs (seriously) |
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I'm a few years older than you, and the majority of my money is in small or micro cap (small or VERY small companies) ETFs. These are basically traded like stocks, except instead of buying a single share in a single company, you get a fraction of a share for a lot of companies.
These ETFs usually track stock indexes, and have low expense ratios (usually about 0.5%). Historically, small and micro cap stocks have returned ~13-15%. The smaller the companies that you invest in, the larger the average historical return is. However, these investments do come with more risk than investments in larger companies. Overall, though, you will come out with stellar returns in small and micro cap ETFs.
If you don't want to have to pay a commission every time you buy into the ETFs, though, consider a mutual fund that invests in these types of companies - you might pay a bit more in management fees, but if you want to invest relatively small amounts fairly often (like $100/month or something), then the mutual funds would probably be cheaper over time. |
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The best way to start investing is to open an investment account either with a financial advisor (it can be cheaper) or with a brokerage firm. After you do that, you should probably buy Mutual Funds. They are much safer and cheaper than stocks. Mutual Fund is a poll of stocks and sometimes also bonds – so you get a lot of diversification within one fund (Diversification means less risk:). On the other hand, to diversify a stock portfolio, you would have to buy at least 10 stocks, and also some bonds – this would be pretty expensive (to invest in single stocks, you should have at least $25,000-$50,000) So, I would recommend you invest in Mutual Funds. Also, every Mutual Fund has a portfolio manager who “takes care” of the fund, so you get an investment expert who basically works for you:-). There are lots of different Mutual Funds to choose from. Some of them require an initial contribution of $1000 or $5000, however lots of them don’t - it’s up to you which fund you choose. If you choose a fund which doesn’t require any initial investment, you can start with contributing as little as $50 per month into the account. Or, you can put $200 or more up front and then contribute the $50 or more per month – it’s up to you. Good Luck! |
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Invest all of the money you have available in Visa (V), which was a new IPO a few months ago and has performed extremely well. It's still very active and somewhat volatile, which increases your chances to make money (by using your margin account leverage to buy when the price dips and sell when it rises again).
You can't really go wrong. What do you think the odds are of Visa collapsing as a company? How many people do you know have Visa cards?
My biggest advice is to not panic when the price dips. That's how most people lose money. Have confidence in what you're doing and rest easy that good company's stock prices almost always go up over the very long haul. |
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I use this website that gives free stock picks and there very good check it out at, it also tells you some information about stocks to teach you.
StockPickKing.com |
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There are many security investments you can make with a limited amount of capital. BUT before you invest in any security, the first investment you should make is in yourself, and the best investment you can make is by educating yourself.
Start your education by learning why you should invest and the importance of being able to make your own decisions or what the pro’s make theirs
Get into the habit of making daily visits to some websites like MSN Money and Yahoo Finance. (http://moneycentral.msn.com/home.asp http://finance.yahoo.com/ )
While at MSN following the strategy lab analysts to get a feel for what the pros are doing and why. This site has some basic information for beginners. If any site offers free information, take it. Other website that can provide instructions and help with procedures and terminology are
Investopedia - http://www.investopedia.com/ Stock Charts - http://stockcharts.com/
Other - http://www.investorshub.com/ http://www.1source4stocks.com/
There are many people just like you that are, or were looking to invest and those that did bought Mutual Funds and/or Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). One purpose of mutual funds is to help investors like you, who are either just entering the investment world or who have no investing experience. Once you feel you at least have an understanding of investments you should look into ETFs which are similar to mutual funds but are traded on the exchanges.
Mutual Fund companies as well as ETFs have an entire array of products many will fit your needs. You can go to the MSN.Money website
http://moneycentral.msn.com/home.asp it has an entire section on mutual funds and Exchange Traded Funds. Read about the various products and in doing so you will be getting investment ideas and at the same time educating yourself about investing.
You could also contact the funds companies for more information. I have found that Vanguard & Fidelity can meet your needs for mutual funds. The service and information they provide is all free and you will find it helpful.
I know I didn't give you specific securities to purchase, I really believe it's more important for you to learn first, what is investing, how you do it, where to do it and what to invest in.
Good luck, learn well and invest even better. |
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Sharebuilder is something you may want to check out. It allows you to purchase fractions of shares for as little as $4 each time.
It is meant to be a slow and sure way of accumulating your assets. It can be good if you have little disposable income but really want to be invested in stocks.
Check them out and see if you like the concept. |
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go to updown.com and open a virtual trading account. With that you will manage $1million, and trade using the day's live price. Trading this way, you will learn how to pick stocks, and know when to buy and sell stocks.
When you are able to show profits for three months in a row, then can you open a live trading account. |
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Since you are still pretty young, you can afford some risk. Go with some sort of Mutual fund that invests in the energy sector without much stock in comsumer goods. Times is hard with little spending while oil companies are making record profits. If you don't have the minimum investment required for a mutual fund..well..stick with blue chip stocks. I bought some railroad stock only 2 months ago and aleady have a gain of 10%. Railroads are becoming more popular due to high fuel costs for trucking. Financial mags are a good place for ideas but ...remember one thing...if you read it in a magazine, its probably too late already. |
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kate
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The yahoo finance site is free
http://finance.yahoo.com/
and the investing tab has an education section .
You will need to deposit at least $5000 with most brokerages to begin trading .
There are many investment products now { stocks , bonds , CDs , mutual funds , ETFs , SPYDRs , etc }
but NO stocks are totally safe . Even IBM , Apple , Google and RIMM go down at times .
You have to be very flexible and willing to wait months if they go into a slide ( or know when to bail if the slide will Not be turning around )
Start by putting your $$$ in ING or Citi eSavings for a good rate until you get to the $5000 level .
The yahoo finance site will let you create hypothetical portfolios and track your performance ( enter imaginary share amounts but generally list at least a block , like 100 shares of whatever company you "buy" and the current trading price for the stock that day )
Good luck !
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you should visit http://stock-flood.blogspot.com for good research and market fundamental tips. |
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a good way to go is to invest in the dow or the s&p500 or the qqqq companies and the good thing about these stocks is there are made up of other stocks which means they are very stable and a smart way to go |
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start by taking 10% of all pay and and save up to 500 dollars...then buy gld,silv,oil,wheat- right now with a acct you setup with a brokersge house! |
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