Who here manages stocks? |
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Who here manages stocks? |
 Jan 12 2009, 05:22 PM
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AF Elite  Group: Members Posts: 6,769 Joined: 16-August 05 From: Cali  |
I've just been wondering how many people actually invests in stocks and investments. And if anyone do, how do anyone start investing? Are there any tips, strategies, or guess works? What's a good place to start doing research?
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Jan 12 2009, 06:25 PM
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AF Legend  Group: Members Posts: 29,765 Joined: 18-September 04 |
There's too much to say.
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Jan 12 2009, 07:19 PM
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AF Elite Group: Members Posts: 6,769 Joined: 16-August 05 From: Cali |
Well, is there at least a source to learn to start?
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Jan 12 2009, 07:31 PM
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AF Pro  Group: Members Posts: 2,883 Joined: 15-September 07 From: NYC |
QUOTE(stillarook @ Jan 12 2009, 05:22 PM) [snapback]4082526[/snapback] I've just been wondering how many people actually invests in stocks and investments. And if anyone do, how do anyone start investing? Are there any tips, strategies, or guess works? What's a good place to start doing research? You can start with Yahoo Finance. Also, read "The Intelligent Investor" by Benjamin Graham and "A Random Walk Down Wall Street" by Burton G. Malkiel. If you don't know what you're doing, I recommend investing in an index fund or ETF. This post has been edited by ttocs: Jan 12 2009, 07:33 PM |
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Jan 12 2009, 08:00 PM
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AF Pro Group: Members Posts: 1,710 Joined: 29-October 05 From: rhode island |
I think it's a bad time to invest, we haven't hit rock bottom yet
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Jan 13 2009, 12:03 AM
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AF Pro Group: Members Posts: 1,661 Joined: 25-April 04 |
I invest my own money.
I don't advise it... do paper trading first...since you wouldn't lose that much money. And yes, we haven't hit bottom yet :-P |
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Apr 17 2009, 05:17 AM
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Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 17-April 09 |
Penny stocks can increase ones trading profits in spades with a lot less risk. One need to be able to do a quick scan of the thousands of penny stocks that there is in the market and knows which ones have the highest percentage of going up.
Penny stocks |
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Apr 18 2009, 01:19 PM
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AF Legend Group: Members Posts: 29,765 Joined: 18-September 04 |
haha, fundamentals.
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Apr 25 2009, 11:51 PM
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AF Addict  Group: Members Posts: 608 Joined: 12-August 03 From: Jersey |
yes people do invest in stocks.....with the caveat being that few people are good enough to pick individual stocks. it's usually more advisable to put your money in a mutual fund or index fund. the other major investment that regular people partake in are bonds (ie US Treasury bonds).
i'm still learning about investing in stocks, but i will say that you can't go wrong learning the fundamentals of investing. a classic book is benjamin graham's "The Intelligent Investor". other advice i would give is to pick a strategy and area of expertise/interest which suits you (ie a thrifty person will favor value investing which advocates buying a stock trading at a discount to its 'intrinsic value') and to do your research before picking a stock/bond (peter lynch advises people to look at companies they're avid consumers of, but popularity doesn't tell you if a company is currently profitable for example). |
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Oct 14 2009, 10:32 PM
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AF Guru  Group: Members Posts: 3,924 Joined: 25-May 04 From: the Chi |
check out finance.yahoo.com or money.cnn.com or finance.google.com
Goldman AND Citigroup annouce earnings tomorrow......i'm super excited......i feel payday coming on |
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