i've alway heard that you should buy what you know. So, if you shop daily at home Depot, then you should buy HD stock.
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the best way to buy shares of your favorite stock is go directly through the company. The only catch is that some companies do not offer this option because an investment banking house such as Morgan Stanley, may make a market or sell the stock on the open market, for the company. Another way to say it is that the company you may want to buy shares in may not handle their own stock. Look on the company website under investor relations for an answer to that. If they dont offer stock, then find a low cost, internet based stock trading company such as ameritrade etc. But, buyer beware, just cause you know the company, doesnt mean you know the stock. Trust me!
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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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I have found the best way of saving.  I was able to put away approximately $8000 in 18 months.  Look for www.sharebuilder.com.  Its an investment site.  You can purchase stock for $4.00, no matter how much stock you buy.  Do some research.  I chose companies based on the products i use in my daily life.  I found it be fun to save and also enjoyed shopping for new stocks.  The dividends usually pay better than any savings account, so give it a try.  It worked for me.
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yes. buy store brand food. eat sandwiches. look around for the best deal.
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newbie,\nU need to decide what risk you want to take before attempting to come up with an investment strategy. With regard to stocks there are some aspects u should bear in mind, these are important points which most uneducated investors fail to grasp. there are 2 ways a stock price moves (1) new information coming available and (2) irrational behavior. Assuming that the fund managers with access to the largest funds have perfect information (valid assumption given empircal evidence) the price can only justifiably move when new info comes available i.e. profit, economic data etc. People who have a hunch about a stock can drive a share price too through fads (eg dot com companies). Now the informed fund managers (if they are good) will realise when irrational strategy is pushing up a price and act on  that inflating it further but eventually exiting to make a profit. My advice to you is shop around for mutual funds until u have the basic principles comprehended. Also there are some exciting capital guaranteed investments out there that give u access to different stock markets. Speak to a professional
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I think you should see what the best traders are buying and selling.  This is the idea behind the site 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.
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well you should start investing small amounts of money.. probably at most US$5000, and trade through online brokers such as Trade King, Ameritrade, Scottstrade, etc. Organize your portfolio in such a way that at least 50% of your stocks are in stable, blue-chip companies. Invest about 35% in mid-risk stocks and check these more frequently. Lastly, invest around 15% in high-risk stocks (usually penny stocks work very well, especially in the biomedical or biotechnological areas) and be sure to check these VERY frequently. Remember, high risk means high potential gain, but it also means high potential loss.
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I use sharebuilder I buy shares for my 9 year old and 6 year old. I am able to buy small amounts in disney and lowes for a reasoable price. That when they are old enough we will have a accumulated enough shares to actually have some value. I find it very helpful in doing this. THey have added new products over the years to help. And the cost to buy is inexpensive compared to the other places. It is a long term investment product.
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At the end of the day it's your money and you are the one responsible for it's performance. Are you investing in stocks or mutual funds? \n\nThe wisdom of averaging into stocks is debatable. If you want to dollar cost average into mutual funds a decent strategy would be to buy a fund comparable to the Russell 2000, Nasdaq or S&P500 when it is well below it's 200 day moving average. Maybe try buying in fifths. It has been a while since this last happened, you never know what the future will bring.\n\nThere are no guarantees in investing.\n\nFollow Up: Learn what a 200 day moving average is. Leave your money in a Money Market Fund until what you want to buy is well below it's 200 day moving average. \n\nThis only happens once and a while, five times would probably be better than ten times, depends on how many years you're going to hold it for, and in the end it's your decision.\n\nDon't do it on a set schedule. Buy when the market is down.\n\n"Buy when there is blood in the streets."
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Buy a one month subscription to stockcharts.com for twenty bucks.  Use their advanced scan engine to search for stocks with a large average true range (ATR).\n\nThe list will change over time as trading activity changes.
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Sell when your in need of money. Coca Cola is a good stock. It also pays dividends.
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Actually, prices are rising very rapidly. You should buy soon so you can make a nice profit in a year. Western North Carolina is really booming, and has been over the past year or so.
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I would certainly invest in the stock market.  I think the best way to find good investment ideas is to look at what the best traders are buying.  This is the idea behind the site 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\n\nGood luck!
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None.  IMHO, you should start by learning how to invest, determining WHAT to buy through Fundamental Analysis and determining WHEN to buy with Technical Analysis. \n\nIMO, newsletters only make narrow recomendations based on their system of analysis and investment strategies, and often they are compensated heavily for their recomendations and therefore dangerously biased.   I firmly believe that to get a clear picture about any stock, and to determine whether you're actually going to invest in it, it's best to do your own research and adapt a system that meets your investment needs, style and risk level.  There are many stocks ripe for the picking just about at any time if you know how and where to look.\n\nStart with Investors.com, it's William O'Neil's online version of Investors Business Daily.  The How To Invest section is the best place to start learning the importance of Fundamentals and the basics of Technical Analysis.   The site has the IBD 100, a cross index list of the market leaders, the Stock Checkup, a great tool for checking fundamentals on any stock, and articles and analysis of stocks and general market conditions.  They also run various screens every day which in addition to the other lists, (IBD100, New America, stocks under $10, CANSLIM select, ect) are very helpful for finding investment ideas with solid Fundementals that are ready to move.  The CANSLIM method alone is a very successful and popular trading system, but I prefer to use a combination of Fund & Tech Analysis, rather that just the rating system alone.\n\nFrom there you can move on to more detailed study of Technical Analysis.  \n\nStart with StockCharts.com, they have an excellent free Chart School which helpfully explains various chart patterns and Technical Indicators and overlays.  Pay particular attention to the Chart Patterns section, and make sure you learn about Zig Zag patterns, Bollinger Bands, Moving Average, Volume, RSI, the MACD (Mac-D), The Williams %er, Stochastics, and the Chaikin Money Flow.  Sounds complicated, but when you start chart reading you'll want about a half a dozen or so of these overlays and indicators.  I personally rely heavily on the ZIG-ZAG, MACD, Chaikin Money Flow, Volume, Moving Average and RSI.\n\nStockTA.com is also an excellent Technical Analysis site, with charted Fibonacci resistance and support lines and will tell you if the stock is bullish or bearish in the short, medium and long run.  The site also has an extensive Candle Pattern Glossary and a fantastic technical screener.\n\nThe above sites do have premium services, but all the services I mentioned are free.  After you've absorbed some of the Technical information, do some reading on Fibonacci numbers and Elliot Wave theory, there are good links in the "School" section of StockTA.com.  I've been using Elliot Wave and Fibonacci's to help refine my in and out points.  StockCharts.com's "ZigZag" overlay helps me plot and count the waves and that helps determine where I am in the overall pattern.  \n\nSo basically I'll find interesting stocks through the screens on Investors.com or StockTA.com, run them through the Stock Checkup at Investors.com, if they measure up I'll run them through the Analyisis & Fib Analysis at StockTA.com and do an extensive chart study, examining the 2 yr, 1 yr, 6 mth, 3 mth, 1 mth & 5 day.  I'll also do my due dilligence, studying the profile, key statistics, headlines, etc. through Yahoo Finance and web searches.  If it all measures up and the stock is in a base or in a pull back and it's starting a wave 1 or wave 3, it's time to buy.\n\nRemember, always protect your downside with a stop loss or a trailing stop loss.  Once you have absorbed a few of the things I've mentioned, the fog will begin to lift and you'll start seeing which stocks should be bought or sold and you'll be able to do your own analysis on any stock, no matter where
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MCRL looks stronger than the other stock.  As opposed to sideways, this one's in a slow uptrending channel, albeit near the top end.\n\nIf we get above 11.50, then that could be favorable.  Else, if it just bounces down off of the moving average, then the stock can drop a bit, maybe to 10.  So just keep your eyes peeled and be ready to sell and lock it in.\n\nGood luck!
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It's a game, you're looking for some potential big increases in a short period.\n\nLMRA is a good speculative stock.  Buy on support around 7 and sell around 10.  \n\nLook at the chart.  Pops up, pulls back, pops up, pulls back.\n\nhttp://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?t=3m&l=on&z=m&q=c&p=&a=&c=&s=lmra\n\nSome solid stocks you might like are NYX or MA.  KSS isn't too bad either.\n\nGood luck!