Stock Market??

[Buoy]

I've never messed with it, but it seems with everything being down right now, it would be a time to get in on the low end.
You guys that are into it heavily, what are good things to get into right now?
What has longevity, and what will grow rapid? How do I keep from losing my azz?
Meeting with a financial advisor tomorrow, and want to get a few opinions.

This is all new to me. Please help educate me.

 

[fund razor]

Here is a look at a six month snapshot.
Good luck.

 

[Buoy]

Looks like a few months ago would have been a better time to get in.

Things still look turbulent.

None the less, I want to have the money invested, and just looking for ideas of what would be good right now.

 

[drpete3]

Im thinkin not GM

 

[Expensive Date]

I am usually long (market up) but the last few weeks have been shorting (market down)which I have never done before and have done well.The PE of the SP 500 is way!!!! to high I feel we are headed for a major correction maybe 10 to 15% but thats my opinion.
The second wave of foreclosure's are staring to hit and these are not sub prime they are people with good credit that have lost there jobs.What effect this will have on already weak financial stocks is unknown.
I trade a lot, day trading you have to love doing it or it will make you crazy.ETFs and ETNs are great trading tools but get some trades in before you go there they move fast.
I wish I had known what I taught myself in the past year in August of 08
It is a traders market right now and will be fore some time

 

[phragle]

the feds and the private sector both announced that they think the recession will end late 3rd quarter. Probably a bit optimistic. I think it will be a whole new ballgame for a while, the only thing out there to bubble right now is green and thats going to be a losing proposition. constrction is a long ways off, tech is saturated (what more do you want your phone, computer and tv to do?) health care is a mess, utilities are volatile, and production is at a stand still.

 

[PARADOX]

I'm thinking AMMO.. Lots of AMMOOoooooooooooooooo.. Winchester, Remington. etc.

 

[Buoy]

I'm thinking AMMO.. Lots of AMMOOoooooooooooooooo.. Winchester, Remington. etc.

Probably a very good call.

Tim (E.D. (hah, I meant Expensive Date)), PM me a number, I would like to bend your ear a bit tomorrow if you don't mind.

 

[Dude! Sweet!]

Freedom 35 brother!

 

[Big Time]

Depends what your time line is...are you looking to make a quick buck or are you in it for the next 20 years?

I've pretty much held my course through the downturn and obviously I've lost a lot of money, but I am young (under 30) and this down turn will nmost likely work to my advantage in the long run.

I don't mess with individual stocks, but mostly stock funds. My asset allocation is about 75% stock which is real high, but I'm looking to capitalize over the next 30 years. I'll taper that down as I get older and maybe work in some more fixed income products. It's important to come up with a plan and put a set amount of $$ into your plan bi monthly or monthly, whatever it is that you choose. It is called dollar cost averaging and historically always has positive results for the long run (8+ yrs).

 

[Ratickle]

This stuff will scare you.

I think if you are not closely watching it yourself, like Tim does, you need to research closely the fund manager you are giving your money to. The best, did not lose money. They moved stuff around because they paid attention.

The next emerging market? Figure out which raw material base or which manufacturing base has the most potential.

Click the link and see what you think.

http://biz.yahoo.com/p/tops/all.html

 

[Wobble]

I bought some index funds in March, lazy investing:cheers2:

 

[masher44]

Alot of the easy money has already been made. Go long now 3-5 years

 

[JupiterSunsation]

Meeting with a financial advisor tomorrow, and want to get a few opinions.

This is all new to me. Please help educate me.

Can Bernie Madoff get visitors already? :sifone:

 

[MarylandMark]

Good post Big Time. My 401K has limited funds (like 25 of them w/Fidelity) and all of them are kind of linked together- didn't have a good place to shift my money to so had to ride it down. I look at it like what I am buying now is going to make me richer than what I was buying 10/07 (same funds; just 50% off right now). I have 14 more years to work so have time to ride it back up.