Suppose you had $100,000 to invest. What stocks would you invest in and how many shares would you buy?

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If this is a contest or hw assignment of some sort, then put it all into 1 volatile stock. Since there is no downside to losing it all, you want the highest # you can get regardless of risk.

If this is your own money you're talking about, then mutual fund/index funds with low expense ratios might be the way to go. If you know what you're doing then, and if you did you probably wouldn't be asking this question here as there are numerous better places to ask this question, then research, research, research. Gems can still be found even in this crazy market.

Would not do stocks. Seek something you can be in charge of.

In all honesty, If you had $100,000 to invest why on God's green Earth would you waste it on stocks? You should be thinking Real Estate. Imagine this, You can go and get a really good Home investment loan for say 80%. SO if the house costs $200,000 you put $40,000 down, and borrow just $160,000. You do this 2 times say a townhome or a small ranch, Then you rent them out. Now you own 2 houses that other people are paying off for you, and you still have $20,000 left to put in the bank collecting interest just incase there are any repairs needed in the homes. You collect 1st month rent, and a deposit.

You keep doing this and try to buy just 1 home a year for say 15 years...By the time you retire, you can choose to sell off one home a year and live off of the proceeds for the rest of your life comfortably.

Now name 1 stock that you can do that with for $100,000, and tell me that you wont be worrying every day whether the stock is up or down..???? Just a thought

Mutual funds, especially energy funds if you are relatively young.

I have don't have a specific stock but I have an idea:

My teacher told me to always invest in food because people will always need to eat. So would suggest some kind of basic foodstuff, like bread or milk.

Many people have invested in the market and lose everything they had so be careful. tFirst put the money in a high paying money market account, so you can be drawing five or more per cent interest and can withdraw what you want when you need it. You can find rates in the papers and on the net, but i have had the best success in contaciting the banks. All you do is call the bank and ask to talk to the person that handles money market accoount, checking and savings. ONce you talk with the persn that will rattle off the rates and start with the low amount of deposits, which may pay only 1%, then the more you may put in the more interest they will pay.

Here's the catch for you. Many times when you tell them you got $100,000 they will direct you to the bank anager. Reason is the manager can pay you more interest and make deals, just like loans. So you may pick up an additional 1/2 percentage point. If they have a five, six or nine month CD, then you might put part of the money in that.

Investing in stocks is like going to the casinos and boats. Sometimes a crummy stock with a P/E of 190 that is worth $5 may be going for $100 or vice versa. Even a great stock can be solid and all factors in line and take a hit. If it's a $40 stock and drops $4, then you just lost 10% of your money. You can follow the successful people that billions and they are all over the internet and you can look at the mutual funds and see what stocks they have and invest the same way. You can also look in your area. I noticed that the Daniel boone series was running on TV land one weekend a while back and that the series were being remastered and would go on sell. So I traced down the company and checked it out. The chain that was to carry it had over 900 stores. To make a long story short the things sold out at the stores and the stock went up 33% in less than six months (see Gnpi.ob). Another time a steak house chain came to town and when eating there the waitress told me they were about to open 40 more stores. that stock went from $11 to $41. No big secret and everyone knew about it. So you never know what is in your backyard Another thing to look at is sectors, such as energy. Let's face it in the old days gas stations used to put say a dime on the price of gas and sell it, now they use a sliding formula, thus banner profits for the majors like Exxon and BP. !0% mark up on a $3.00 gallon of gas is more than on $2.00.

You must do your homework. All I can tell you is be careful, because what goes up can come down. I suggest you check out the bookstores for the top rated books on the subject that are done be the genuises of the business. jBetter to be careful than sorry. While doing your research you can be drawing interest on the money. Have fun.

How long do you want to invest your money?

I would not invest in stocks thats sooo gay

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