 Hows does the stock market work ? |
Hi all,
Could someone please explain to me how the stock market works.
Without using too technical words as im new to the stock market.
Thanks : )
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bals | What are the least risky things to invest in? |
dont really care about return, just want something thats not so risky |
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Wes
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That's easy, U.S. Government Bonds (Treasuries), the safest investment money can buy.
These include
T-bills
U.S. savings bonds
Treasury bonds and notes
TIPS (this bond is inflation indexed)
STRIPS (a derivative created and manufactured by Wall Street by stripping the interest and principal portions of Treasuries) STRIPS are zero coupon bonds
open an account at treasury.net
PS
CDs are not the safest thing to invest in because the bank can go bankrupt and it's possible that hundreds of banks will go bankrupt and the FDIC doesn't have enough money to pay off all the claims. This has happened about 20 years ago in the savings and loan crisis. |
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Yog
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least risky is govt treasury bonds, bank fixed deposits, postal saving schemes. but they all give less returns
higher the risk higher the returns.
lesser the risk less returns.
good luck
happy investing |
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$so fresh so clean$
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US savings bonds, money market accounts, CDs, and savings accounts |
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saharaaj
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tata mutual funds and infrastructure funds of UTI |
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Joe
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Consider the Vanguard Prime Money Market Fund with a current compound yield of ~4.7% APR. https://flagship.vanguard.com/VGApp/hnw/FundsSnapshot?FundId=0030&FundIntExt=INT
If you are in a high tax bracket you may prefer their tax exempt money market funds: https://flagship.vanguard.com/VGApp/hnw/FundsByType
Sometimes other institutions will have a higher teaser rate, but Vanguard tends to have the highest yields I've found over the long run. (Vanguard money markets are not FDIC insured, however.)
Article on teaser rates:
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/banks-advertised-rates-dont-always/story.aspx?guid=%7B0A13B6E2-FFB2-4E2B-BD42-E2D1E01C52E5%7D
ING and HSBC often have rates close to Vanguard, and most of their products are FDIC insured. Bankrate.com provides links to CD's with high interest rates. You can check these at the following links:
http://home.ingdirect.com/
http://www.us.hsbc.com/1/2/3/personal/savings?code=husa
http://www.bankrate.com/
(If you are investing for a long period of time and are willing to accept some volatility, you should consider putting a small amount of your money into no-load low-expense mutual funds. These are not guaranteed, but over the long run produce much higher returns.) |
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Mr. Bugsme
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If you don't care about the return, put it into a fully insured CD. Lousy returns - but should be safe from everything except (i) inflation; and (ii) the decline of the dollar. |
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kemperk
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easy; the QUIRY field of
delinquent real estate tax certificates;
only 12 states sell them and 2 via
the internet. If you buy one,
you must be willing to wait 3 yrs to collect what you invested. IF you can
the least you can get is a good ROI
and your principle back and the
best you can do is get a property
debt free! |
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zygote222
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Three month treasury bills are considered a good approximation to an ideal "risk free" investment. There is no realistic chance that the U.S. government will default on the payments. Equally important, you are locking in your investment for only a short period of time, so the purchasing power of the t-bill won't be devastated by a period of high inflation.
"Though a truly risk-free asset exists only in theory, in practice most professionals and academics use short-dated government bonds of the currency in question. For USD investments, usually US Treasury bills are used" |
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