mid cap stocks?\nAnd what is it all about?
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mid cap means stock (equity) of companies that are not large corporations but are not small either to be ignored so mid cap or MIDDLE CAPITAL CORPORATIONS lies something in between they could be termed as raising stars of tomorrow companies which will grow to be market leaders
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this site gave a HOLD as the momentum is picking up, you might read it in more detail from the site\n\nhttp://explodingstocks.com/blog/?p=33
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Amazon posted a huge gain one quarter and their stocks took a dive.\n\nMutual funds, hedge funds and inside holders (like the CEO and the board) hold the majority of any stock.  Mutual and hedge funds have their own formulas on what they expect from a company.  That projection is built into the price (aka they buy or sell till the majority feel that it's the price it should be).  Those projections are also called estimates, so when the news talks about beating, matching or falling short of estimates, you know what the news means.\n\nVolume is the other factor.  On low volume days or low volume stocks, there are fewer people deciding if a stock goes up or down.  You shouldn't be concerned with a stock that goes up on high volume and down on low volumes.  That means that vast majority of holders think the stock is going up.  If the volume is high and the stocks are going down, chances the majority of holders are bailing or cashing in.
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I hope you are right about the earnings, but the stock has a PE around 18, 10-15% growth and is in the middle of its slow season.  I suspect you may need to wait another 6 months (when they report 3rd quarter earnings) for you to see much action.  Really I think its a good company, but nothing special.\n\nHowever, your feelings on it, and my feelings on it are close to meaningless.  The market as a whole is always right, and I suggest you go into stocks with the mindset.  \n\nSo, if a trade goes againist you try to find out why, when will the trade turn around, did you miss something, is there something better out there.  Learn from the trade, don't call wall street names cause wall street doesn't care - you are just wasting your breathe.
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If I were you I would definitely stay out of the stock market altogether right now.  You need WAY more knowledge than it appears you have and any money you "invest" without knowing what you are doing is basically just outright gambling.\n\nAlso, you say is there a good "stock" when in fact the most important rule is to diversify and buy many stocks. If you buy only one, it could go bankrupt, which has happened to me twice in the past when I was young and didn't know better.\n\nWhen you do buy stock though, one good strategy is to find a product or service that has just come on the market and you and your friends love it.  If it is that good, then probably lots of other people will love it as well, which means more sales and more profit for that company.  Just make sure it is a product/service that is innovative and just came out, like....krispy kreme when people were first getting into it.
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WOW! I hope you are not into heavy investing or your company has not been removed from NASDAQ or AMEX or NYSE. It means that the Company is doing very badly and these exchanges don't think their stock is worthy of trading on their exchanges. Many times their stock might get listed for trading over the Bulletin Board. If even that that does not happen it'll have to trade over the counter if some broker thinks it is worth his while to make a market in the stock of this company. If an investor is wise he would have liquidated his position of the stock of this company long before this happens.\n\nOfcourse if you are a speculator with deep pocets you might start accumulating the stock of a company not before this happens but after it happens with the hope that some rich person like Ican will get greedy and starts buying millions of shares of the stock of this Company with a view to turning it around so that it will go up.\n\nBut I'd not want you to fiddle around with the stocks of these companies if you are not a speculative investors with deep pockets just because you received an email touting the virtues of some company. It is usually the work of some pump and dump scheme which will be a cause for your financial burn down. You don't want it to happen. Financial burn down is not pretty.\n\nBetter be satisfied by saving a penny or two by looking at the prices of several merchants like the affiliates of NEW ERA WISP. A penny saved is a penny made.
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manager tenures are important for the more successful ones like Bill Nygren at Oakmark get favorable reviwes in places liek morningstar (and deservingly so) performance look as far back as you can 5-10 year range and go from there. Cap size DOES reduce risk for the large cap sector is well established companies and can withstand periodicall losses in teh market. Small caps are generally younger companies and they will be hurt if the market suddenly tanks. Large cap doesn't have a better track record per say buy large cap would be something like Boeing and a small cap would be NTE big differences between the two. The more risk the more potetional for reward could happen. Barons does a review on mutual fund managers and they are very worthy a look (with Bill I even invested in his funds before moving to ETF's)
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If you could only realize how silly this question is, you would not try to sound like you know something about investing. Nor would you pose a question with so many unlikely decisions already made.\n\nFirst, "doing well" is subjective; different for everyone. If you cannot be specific, you just don't get it. Investing and trading is precise, not general. Like, how much steel should I use in this building, in general?\n\nSecond, in all of the plans you've made in your life, how often does it work out as planned? Almost never, right? Something's always a little different than the plan. So, how much money you "expect" to make is irrelevant.\n\nThe sad part is, that you "expect" to make money at all, from knowing nothing at all about what you're doing. It just doesn't work that way, or am I the one being silly? \n\nThird, you are focusing on profits, exactly the opposite of what you should be focusing on. The number one rule of investing is capital preservation, which means managing risk and losses first, then if you don't lose it all, profits will come eventually. Warren Buffet's #1 Rule, "Never lose money." Making money comes after you learn something. Making sound investment or trading decisions requires more than a click of the mouse. Cheap and easy does not equal successful trading or investing. Nothing substitutes for research and education. It is a burning desire to achieve mastery that produces success, not a burning desire for money.\n\nFourth, a "good" stock is subjective; different for everyone. What exactly do you mean? "Good" stocks lose money every day.\n\nFifth, if you invest "$2000 into seven stocks," either you're talking about penny stocks, or just a few shares of each one, and just from the initial hit of commissions on seven stocks will put you down by !0% before you ever begin. The $2,000 is barely enough to buy a hundred shares of one "good" stock, let alone seven. If you buy 100 shares of IBM, that will cost you $9,000. Don't even think about penny stocks, where manipulation is rampant and companies come and go faster than you can keep track of them.\n\nYou have quite a bit to learn before you can post a relevant question. Stick it in the bank, and count yourself lucky to have $2,000.
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Unfortunately, I'll probably dealing primarily with stocks listed on American exchanges, I'll see if I can come up with a Toronto one.\n\nAltria (nee Phillip-Morris, MO) is a great stock to get because it's a solid tobacco company with some great brands (Marlboro) and they're just entering the smokeless tobacco market, which could be a huge payoff.  Also, this "light cigarette" class action hit the stock too much and I expect to see MO gap up in the future.  And they pay a 4.20% dividend.  It's hard not to like it.\n\nFor alcohol, the market seems to be going into liquor as opposed to beer these days, especially among the younger crowd (who tends to drink more).  This isn't strictly empirical, but I think going into a liquor company is a better bet.  For that, DEO is your best bet.  They have a great stock of brands (Morgan, J&B, Cuervo, Tanqueray) and are have some beer and wine brands (but their strength is far and away their liquor).  It's relatively cheap at 19.51 P/E and has a 3.90% dividend also.\n\nI don't know too much about weapons, but if you're into military stuff, Halliburton and even Boeing are sound investments.  Handguns, Smith and Wesson (SWHC) is the only one that comes to mind it's forward P/E seems a little high at 27.56 for manufactured goods in what seems to me a tight market, but there's not much industry data to go on (not very many handgun companies).  They're trading on the upper end of their 200dma so this stock could move upwards (and it's been trending up all year).  Analysts are bullish, so I'd say it's worth watching.\n\nFor gambling, you need to go where the money is, and that means what's hot.  No casino's hotter than Sands (LVS) which has exploded over the past year, but I'm worried that the money might have been made there.  It's the best casino stock out there, but it's the most expensive.  Casinos are still a good investment, but I'm thinking with concerns over the Democrats taking over (and the economic / legislative ramifications) you might want to go a little cheaper.  Harrah's (HET) is another good casino stock that's not so pricey as Sands.\n\nAs far as sex stuff, it's pretty hard for me to come up with a recommendation.  I'm sort of cold on the industry because a lot of it is privately held, and the public issues don't get coverage.  If somebody can come up with a good investment, I'd love to hear it, though.\n\nHowever, I'd be interested to know why you're interested in sin stocks.  As I touched on earlier, some people think a Democratic congress could hurt some of these companies (especially tobacco).  Maybe you're thinking these were irrationally factored into the price and that these stocks could jump up after the election?\n\nEdit:  Full disclosure.  The only stock listed that I own is MO.
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There aren't any "good" stocks in a "bad" market. All ships rise and fall on the tide.\n\nWatch for the Downtrend of over 900 pts in the Dow to be broken, then look at "investing" again. The stocks that turn up quickest, or decline the least, are what you're looking for.\n\nThe stock price tells you whick ones are "good," not a hot tip.\n\nThere is no one indicator, there is no get rich quick scheme, there is no pot at the end of the rainbow. \n\nLike any vocation, investing or trading takes hard work, lots of study, and the testing of your theories, learning what makes you tick, learning your own particular time and stress levels, and fighting the emotions of fear, greed, and loss of hope.\n\nThere can be no great success in trading (life) without great commitment, hard work, discipline, and the realization of the “right” type of thinking.\n\nIt is the trader’s attitudes, beliefs, and discipline that ultimately yield results. Courage and positive attitudes combined with sound market principles and methods will, in time, result in the desired outcome. Your persistence and determination to succeed is, in the final analysis, the critical element.
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The "whole market" may not because it is so diverse (e.g. some hedge strategies may even gain) but its probable that tech. in general is going to take a hit because its a Co. that leads in big way and huge investor base.  Its a good research question cause you'll have to separate the day's effects of the Fed rate increase, change of the Fed Chair, and volatile oil mkt.
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AMAT is a solid company but there is a huge overhead supply of stock that is just waiting for an opportunity to be dumped on the market at break even.  Tell you what to do.  Take a small position, maybe 100 shares.  If it goes up 2 bucks a share add to the position.  If it goes up another buck add some more.  I agree the solar is a potential but this stock has been a dog for so long I expect it will take a good while to work out the overhead supply.
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All have their good and bad points. Diversification is the key. Don't put all your eggs in one basket. If you want an opinion, I'd shy away from real estate for the moment. The investors appear to be running to the market. Bonds? No thanks.
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Allow me to add just a little bit to the first responder. This data is not very helpful in determining good stocks to buy.  The only helpful data presented is the P/E and the dividend and market cap.  The pe only tells you how expensive the stock is in relation to its earnings.  That is helpful.   For example Microsoft is a fairly expensive stock.  The average pe of the S&P 500 is around 17, so MSFT is considerably more expensive than the average.  The pe is sometimes used in conjuction with the expected growth rate.  The pe is divided by the expected growth rate to give a peg ratio. The lower the peg ratio, the better value a stock is considered to be.   The only problem is the expected growth rate may not materialize.   The market cap tells you the total value people have placed on the company.  In general the larger a company the less likely that the company will experience rapid growth but the more likely the company will experience consistantt earnings, with the exception of the U S automotive manufactures. \n\nThe target price is a bunch of crap.  That is the projected price based on analysts' projections.  Most analysts can not find their rears with both hands.  If you look at all the analysts ecommendations for a stock you will find them scattered all over the map, from sell to strong buy, with a preponderance of buy recommendations because that is how brokerage firms make their money, selling stocks.  \n\nYahoo finance has a very decent site for researching stocks.  If you have an on line stock broker, they will also have research materal.  Some more than others.  Fidelity, I believe, has the most.  Fool.com has a CAPS section where you can find out what 26000 investors think are the best stocks to buy and the worst.  I find it very interesting and the basis for further research.
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There's a latest review on this site\n\nhttp://explodingstocks.com/blog/?p=19
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I have a great trading pair for you.  Basically you pick 2 stocks that are very similar, but you think one is better than the other.  So you short the one you don't like (Sell-short) and go long on the one you do like.  I think wind energy is going to be a better investment than coal, so I want to go long on Florida Power and Light (FPL), because they are the nation's largest owner of wind farms.  I want to sell-short TXU, because they are planning on building up to 10 new coal-fired power plants.  \n\nNow, even if both stocks go down, as long as FPL goes down less than TXU, you will make money.\n\nIf you are looking for other strategies, and to see what the best traders are buying and selling, I would suggest http://www.top10traders.com - this is a free site that lets you create a portfolio of stocks with $100,000 in "play" money.  Each day the site ranks the best performing portfolios, so you can see how your picks perform compared to other investors.  You can also read posts on investing from the best traders, as well as share your own investing ideas.\n\nHere are this month's best traders:\n\nhttp://www.top10traders.com/Top10Standings.aspx\n\nGood luck!
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Okay, this is gonna sound lame, but watch Madmoney on MSNBC. It's on at night, or in the evening rather, i'm pretty sure on weekdays. He gives amazing advice for the average guy on what stocks are good to invest in and whatnot. I've made a lot of money listening to him. It's worth a shot.