Which magazine is the best for individual investment beginners for tips and hints in stock/mutual funds/ETF picks?
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Money is good for beginners.  But I would recommend to use the library so you can read on other investing magazines.  Yahoo Finance is a good on-line resource.
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Newsletters.  Seems like if you get enough subscribers for signing up for your great advice, you can make quite a bit!\n\nUranium seems to be the hottest topic in newsletters.\n\nNow if you want some stocks that are moving, then there are a few of those as well, but it's critical you learn how to trade first or whatever profits you might gain, you'll probably give back to the market and then some!\n\nSee some of my other answers on how to get started.  You can also look at some other answers for stocks I like at the moment.\n\nBut, I'd rather point you in the right direction, than have you put money on a stock, only to make money, then lose it.\n\nGood luck!
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I'm a professional investor.  I highly recommend that you invest inside of a ROTH IRA.  Not only for the tax benefits, but as a young person, if you need the money for a house down payment, you can get money out of a Roth.  I would strongly consider avoiding stocks if you're a beginner.  You're competing with professionals who do this for a living and you may get lucky, but 99% of beginners *eventually* take themselves to the cleaners.  You probably don't have a ton of capital to begin with, so a diversified mutual fund makes the most long-term sense.\n\nI do recommend beginning to invest in college.  It's a great habit to form.  I did the same.  While my buddies were out buying much nicer cars and even boats with money they saved, I was socking money into a retirement account.  The difference an appreciating IRA makes in comparison with a depreciating vehicle is mind boggling.\n\nStart now.  Start simple and diversified with a mutual fund.  Invest inside of a Roth IRA.\n\nIf you really want to trade stocks, then be willing to lose 50% or more of what you're starting with.  Most people I know, do.\n\nGood luck, email me with any questions,\n\nJared
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Fidelity Investments homepage\nhttp://www.fidelity.com/
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Fundamentals are nice to look at, but never ignore the technicals which are the charts. Charts never lies, no matter what's the rumor is, go back and look at the charts.\n\nTo look at fundamentals, look at its sales and profit history, hows the sector performing, are the funds jumpining into the stock.\n\nTechnicals look at if there are any spikes, what's the chart doing, hows the volume for every close, pullbacks, support on 50 and 100 day moving average\n \nYahoo Finance, and MSN Money have great tools to make use of to enhance your stock experience.
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There are 2-3 that are very good. I like to use yahoo.com's business site because it is easy to use and has alot of info. But Fool.com, Quote.com, Marketwatch.com are good too. \n\nMore useful sites: Investors.com, Forbes.com, Economist.com, Hoovers.com, marumushi.com,pcqoute.com, bloomberg.com, Morningstar.com, Wizetrade.com, newratings.com
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A good place to start is Motley Fool.  They are just like the court jester--the jester (England) who tell the king anything and still keep his head.  M.F. approach is to tell it like it is- inform, humor, and then let you decide what to do.  They don't work for a particular firm, that is only interested in that one thing.  They examine everything, and encourage all to read, ask questions before making any investments.  I really do encourage you to seek this out-- I just wish I had the money to invest!
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Diversified stocks is the fastest, but the most risky.  Most people try a mix of stocks and bonds.  The more risk you are willing to take the more stocks.  Buying mutual funds is usually best.  I like vanguard.com and fool.com for advice.  Fool.com is somewhat tongue-in-cheek
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Know your investment types. Know what your risk factors and types are and then start outlining. Consider your audience's age group and baseline knowledge. \n\nBased on your time constraints plan how much depth you need to cover. For Instance ask yourself if you need just the basics (what are investments? why do people invest? etc.) or should you go into more depth (specific markets and risk factors, equity investments versus debt investments, OTC trading vs Exchange trading, and don't forget real estate, futures, options, forwards, and the rest...)\n\nHope this helps; feel free to email/IM me if you need more guidance (redphoenix_hou@yahoo.com)
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You can start for as little as $100 a month at most firms, investing systematically, month after month, which is the smartest way to do it by the way, whether you have $100 or $100,000.  Actually, I know at Edward Jones you can start with mutual funds for as little as $25 a month.\n\nWhat to invest in?  I'd suggest buying a diversified series of mutual funds. Make sure you hit all the asset classes, like Large cap stocks, small/mid cap stocks, international stocks, emerging markets stocks, government debt, corporate debt, hi-yield debt, foreign debt, emerging markets debt, real estate, commodities, and precious metals. That's 12 categories right there, so if you're starting off with $1000, you're talking about $83 each. Or why not spring for an extra 200 bucks, and start each off with $100 even?\n\nThen sit back and rebalance each year, back to your original percentages. This is called asset allocation. The thinking being, what's BEEN hot is more than likely not going to STAY hot.\n\nThis sort of portfolio should average 8-12% per year, so juut split the difference and say 10%. Will it do 10% EVERY year? Of course not. I'd be surprised if it ever did EXACTLY 10%. That's an annual average. With that average, your money should double roughly every 7 years.\n\nSo, if you start with that $1000 and never add to it ever again, in 7 years you should have about $2,000\nin 14 years you should have about $4,000\nin 21 years you should have about $8,000\nin 28 years you should have about $16,000\nin 35 years you should have about $32,000\nin 42 years you should have about $64,000\nin 49 years you should have about $128,000\nin 56 years you should have about $256,000\nin 63 years you should have about $512,000\nin 70 years you should have about $1,024,000!\n\nA long time to wait to become a millionaire, impressive as that compounding is!\n\nOf course, if you keep adding money in systematically like I suggested earlier, say $100 a month, you'll become a millionaire MUCH sooner. The key is discipline, and sticking in when markets are up OR down. Don't try to time the market--you'll NEVER get it right.\n\nHere's a handy formula:\n$100/month x 12% return x 20 years = $100,000.  So if you want $500,000 20 years from now, just save $500 every month, and go with that diversifed portfolio.  If you only average  10%, you'll only end up with $450,000, not bad either way!  \n\nOh, and if you qualify, and do this all in a Roth IRA? Then every penny will be 100% TAX-FREE. That's a deal that's too good to pass up. That's why I tell all my under-30 clients--if you make under $90,000, and therefore qualify to do a Roth, you'd be a fool not to. Just having the power of youth (and therefore time) on your side is such an advantage, to squander it would be such a waste!\n\nHope this helps!\n--J.
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http://www.investors.com/\nhttp://www.barchart.com/\nhttp://finance.yahoo.com/\nhttp://www.elitetrader.com/ (just for the jokes)
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I started my investing with Edward Jones. They are lucrative and they have strict requirements before even considering someone for employment.  I have long since moved onto my own (and have done very well at it too) for first timers go ahead and pay the fees to invest in the long run its worth it.
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bobbrinker is really an idiot, so is that Suzie Orman.  I recomend "thestreet.com", go out and get Jim Cramer's books, also pick up a copy of Leeb's "the oil factor", you may want to pick up a copy of Rich Dad/Poor Dad, and also Harry Dent's "the next great bubble boom", and Jim Rogers "hot commodities"  Once you have read those, then you'll have a good entry level understanding of how the equity markets work, and the current forces driving those markets. Also, read the Wall Street Journal daily.  If you do all of these, then you'll be able to have an intelligent conversation with your broker, and possibly be ready to start investing on your own if that is what you choose.  Good luck.
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I came across a perosnal website by R. Kannan on the subject of investmnet. The site is http://www.geocities.com/kstability/student/kgl/invest1.html\n\nWhile investment basics are the same everywhere, there are intricacies related to market regulations in different countries. If your goal is investment, then a logical place to start after reading investment basics article ( link above) would be to subscribe to a financial publication ( Financial Times etc ) and stay abreast of market developments. Market knowledge is something you acquire over time and if you devote a little time every day, you may notice the difference in your understanding of the market in as little as 1 month. But that would be just a start. Stay informed and the best way of doing that is keeping pace with the market
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I've been studing the market game for about a year now, i didn't knew anything a year ago, I havent invested anything yet, i've just been practicing in stock simulators like stocktrak.com for about 2 months now, im happy i've made almost a 7% in my simulations (im happy with that since i am a rookie), I think I need to do a lot more reading, studing and practicing before I invest a single dollar for real. I think now I understand the markets much better.\n\nSince I am in a similar position as you are, just 1 year ahead studing :) , I would strongly recommend you to start by studing Profr. Peter Navarro's material. First I studied his audio course "Big picture investing", and read his books "when is raining in Brazil buy Starbucks", "when the markets move will you be ready?" and now i'm reading his most recent book "the well timed strategy", for me it was great to start with the audio course, since he explains the basics to understand the market, and it comes with a very didactic printed course guide. Profr. Navarro has been a great teacher for me, I don't think there are other books as good as this for a beginer, and belive me, i've done my research and been reading a lot!! after the audio course i was able to understand and take more "juice" from his books and other books that I have read, I recommend you to do the same thing.\n\nRegarding the Can Slim system teached by IBD's Bill O'Neal, I think he is a real master, his investing approach is great and relatively easy to follow if you use the investing tools on investors bussiness daily and do your research homework every day, actually, I just took the Can Slim Level I Seminar some weeks ago, and I am already subscribed for the level II seminar to be held at the end of this month, BUT, if i hadn't studied Profr. Navarro's material before, I am shure I would understanded much less from the can slim seminar, so I recomend you to start with Profr. Peter Navarro's material, its great material and has been a lot of help for me.\n\nYou can find Profr. Navarro's audio courses and books at barnes and noble, either in the book store or online, is not an expensive material, i would have pay 10 times its price, its worth much more.\n\nAnd, once you start to study, the learning curve never ends!! start with Prof. Navarro, before you buy any material much more expensive and not worth its price, belive me i've done it :(..im shure you will thank me.\n\nGood luck!!!
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Subscribers to FT.com (I suppose WSJ as well) get dedicated M&A updates. Check out http://news.ft.com/companies/financial or http://online.wsj.com/public/us
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Buy a diversified series of mutual funds. Individual stocks are just way too risky in most cases, especially for novice investors, even if they look like a sure thing.  How are Enron and Worldcom doing right now?\n\nMake sure you hit all the assets classes, like Large cap stocks, small/mid cap stocks, international stocks, emerging markets stocks, government debt, corporate debt, hi-yield debt, foreign debt, emerging markets debt, real estate, commodities, and precious metals. That's 12 categories right there, so let's say you get started with with $1200, you're talking about $100 each. \n\nThen sit back and rebalance each year, back to your original percentages. This is called asset allocation. The thinking being, what's BEEN hot is more than likely not going to STAY hot. All markets, after all, are cyclical.  This is why people who invest their 401(k) by just putting in whatever's had the most recent best numbers never get anywhere--they're investig in something that DID will and IS probably NOT doing well.\n\nThis sort of portfolio should average 8-12% per year, so just split the difference and say 10%. Will it do 10% EVERY year? Of course not. I'd be surprised if it ever did EXACTLY 10%. That's an annual average. With that average, your money should double roughly every 7 years. \nSo, in 7 years you should have about $2,000\nin 14 years you should have about $4,000\nin 21 years you should have about $8,000\nin 28 years you should have about $16,000\nin 35 years you should have about $32,000\nin 42 years you should have about $64,000\nin 49 years you should have about $128,000\nin 56 years you should have about $256,000\nin 63 years you should have about $512,000\nin 70 years you should have about $1,024,000!\n\nOf course, if you keep adding money in, say $100 a month, you'll become a millionaire MUCH sooner. The key is discipline, and sticking in when markets are up OR down. Don't try to time the market--you'll NEVER get it right.\n\nHere's a handy formula:\n\n$100/month x 12% retutn x 20 years = $100,000.  \n\nSo if you invest $300 a month, you can expect to have $300,000 or so in 20 years, depending on what return you get.  And remember, even if you stop there, that money itself will double again in 7-10 years, depending.  Then double again.  Then double again.  You get the idea.\n\nIn short, you can make a HELL of a lot of money, with a small output on your part, if you do it right, and are patient.\n\nOh, and if you qualify, and do this all in a Roth IRA? Then every penny will be 100% TAX-FREE. That's a deal that's too good to pass up. That's why I tell all my under-30 clients--if you make under $90,000, and therefore qualify to do a Roth, you'd be a fool not to. Just having the power of youth (and therefore time) on your side is such an advantage, to squander it would be such a waste!\n\nHope this helps!\n--J.\n\nP.S. The previous answerer's advice about contacting Edward Jones is gold.  I would go to their website at www.edwardjones.com, enter your zip code, and find the closest office to you.  Chances are there's one within 10 miles.  They have 10,000 office in the US, UK, and Canada.  And they will take care of you right if you decide you don't want to go it alone.