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Investing in the Stock Market
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My Father died this summer at the age of 48 and left me with some of his pension money. Not very much but lets say enough to get free level 2 access to the market. Ive pretty much grown up poor and this is the first time I have had any money.

So, I am wondering if there any investors here that could give some advice? What is your target % increase for the year and what do you invest in? Any day-traders for that matter?

I have a lot of knowledge of biotechnology and can seperate the bullshit from the facts so I was thinking of focusing on that sector and on smaller start-up companies. Also I was thinking of small-cap oil stocks because they should have higher-than-expected profits this quarter due to the price of oil.

Maybe we could trade some prospective companies for the near-future.

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Re: Investing in the Stock Market [Re: Catalysis]
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i would say dump it into some short term cd's with high return percentages at your local bank.

somthing you can be sure about, and not risk it all at the stock market

just my :.02:


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Re: Investing in the Stock Market [Re: ZippoZ]
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Yeah but CDs are kind of the extreme end of safe investing as there is absolutely zero risk. I don't mind some risk if it can return a bit more. Also, I have a good amount of money but not really enough to get a significant return from CDs which are about 5.5%. Around 8-10% would be start being significant.

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Re: Investing in the Stock Market [Re: Catalysis]
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Invest it in a 401K and talk about your future financial goals with your broker. He'll clue you in on what type of funds are available. I got a growth fund that invest about 35% in overseas markets. Do your research. Good luck.

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Re: Investing in the Stock Market [Re: gema]
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Invest it in a 401K



Well, my company doesn't match 401ks so all I would be doing is circumventing taxes (for now) and losing all my liquidity in an IRA.

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Re: Investing in the Stock Market [Re: Catalysis]
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May I suggest the Forex Market. Over a trillion is traded per day, and it is probably the easiest way to go.

The Forex market was founded in 1971.
The main principle of forex is converting one currency into another. Even if you compare it to the turnover of the American equity exchange (300 billion dollars a day) and to the turnover of the stock market (10 billion dollars a day), the volume of currency Forex operates with will seem really huge. As registered by Wall Street Journal, in September, 1992 this amount was about a trillion dollars a day. Nowadays, the turnover of Forex is from 1 to 1,5 trillion dollars a day.
The main thing in the Forex is that dollar competes with four main currencies: British pound sterling, Japanese yen, Swiss franc and Euro. Government and commercial banks, corporations, brokers and other financial organizations are involved into operations on the forex market in the first place. Most active participants are brokers.
Forex is not a usual market. It has no single center. Today, trading on this market is carried out with the help of telephones and computer terminals. So what is the Forex market in comparison with a regular foreign exchange?
It is really important for a potential investor to know the difference between the Forex foreign exchange market and operations at a regular foreign exchange. In case with a foreign exchange, the total sum of each contract is always known in advance. Exchange traders at foreign exchanges use "performance bond" or "margin" to control exchange contracts ("margin" means money deposited by the buyer or the seller while making a contract). However, as to liquidity on such a market, foreign exchanges seems to be rather limited because the information flow stops when the exchange is closed at the end of each day (the same as at a stock exchange), which interrupts the continuity of your evaluations and your staying in touch with the market. This fact makes a lot of traders worry. For example, if important data are coming from England and Japan while the American foreign exchange is already closed, a trader will lack the information necessary to successfully start trading the next day.
Unlike foreign exchanges, trading at the Forex market is held 24 hours a day and never stops. In all time zones in any of the world's major trading centers (London, New York, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Sydney, etc.) there are dealers ready to give you the opportunity to start trading in both directions. It was mentioned above that the turnover of this market is from 1 to 1.5 trillion dollars a day and this fact gives the market virtually unlimited liquidity. Due to its huge daily turnover and permanent purchasing power, the Forex market has no match in the entire world regarding its dynamic and tension.
What makes the market move? Among the main factors influencing currency exchange rates there are balance of mutual payments, economic condition, forecasts based on technical analysis graphs, as well as political and psychological factors.
The movement of capital between countries can be considered as the main factor determining the current state of the market. Besides, such factors as inflation and discount rates can also considerably influence currency exchange rates. At the same time, there is no doubt that another important fact is that there is always a ceratin state behind each currency. There are two ways states can control the market. The first one is just control and the second one is the so-called intervention. Currency control prevents citizens from doing anything that can have a negative influence on the exchange rate (for example, transferring money abroad). In the first place, intervention means changing the discount rate, which makes the currency more or less attractive for foreigners. And second, it means selling or buying the currency in order to increase or reduce its cost on the market.
All the factors mentioned above may cause sudden and often dramatic changes on the market if some unexpected and considerable changes occur in them. This is the main reason accounting for the fact that sometimes the anticipation of some economic changes alone exerts much more influence on the exchange rate than actual events. The activities of large financial funds also influence the market greatly. Though all of them can make moves on their own, they are at least well aware about all the peculiarities in the changes of exchange rates for each main currency. When the graph describing how some exchange rate floats reaches some node point, the market behavior becomes technically predictable and, therefore, managers of major financial funds react in a predictable way, which often means the same or similar way. As a result, there is a sudden and powerful upsurge in prices and large financial volumes get invested into the same positions.
Recently, professional investors have considerably increased the level of participating in Forex. Together with a constantly increasing number of private individual investors, it makes the Forex market a dynamically developing one.


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Re: Investing in the Stock Market [Re: Catalysis]
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Currency, futures and biotechnology. Get in on some defense contractors for the long term as well.

Also, be sure to dump some into an IRA, and a few Treasury notes or CDs as well.

Spread it around.


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Re: Investing in the Stock Market [Re: Hank, FTW]
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May I suggest the Forex Market.



Yeah, I have looked into the forex. Its interesting but highly volitile unless you are an expert. Also, it is based on wide ranging economic and global factors which are very difficult to predict and make educated guesses on as opposed to, say, a biotech company where you can look at the hard research and see where they are going. It is probably great if you dedicate your self to learning exactly how to trade in that market, how to hedge investments, etc..I don't really know.

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Spread it around



I am definately planning on diversifying but I want the diversity to be related. Know what I mean? I don't want to spread my money around just for the sake of it, but my portfolio should have investments which either hedge or support my other investments as well as any rapidly growing sectors.

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Re: Investing in the Stock Market [Re: Catalysis]
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Firstly, I'm sorry about the loss of your father.

I have been investing actively in the market since Dec 05. My return has been about 40% in that time trading a mixture of stocks and stock options.

Most of my money this go-round was made in oil stock options. However, this can be risky as escalating oil prices will tank the economy at some point and less economic activity translates into lower oil prices. But long-term oil is a good play.

You should understand that the US economy is very shaky and that many feel the bull market for stocks ended in 2000- the DOW has been flat since then. I would not put most of my money in the stock market betting on stocks which rely chiefly upon a growing economy.

I would suggest you put a majority of your portfolio into energy plays and precious metal mining companies. Commodities are in a bull market that should last many years. Right now is a perfect buying opportunity as they have cooled off recently. (Do not neglect alternative energy either. Mutual funds and ETFs [Exhange Traded Funds] may be the best way to invest there unless you plan to do a lot of research on individual companies).

If you only take away one thing from what I've told you, let it be this: Energy will be the major story in the world for years to come with enormous political and economic repurcussions. It has already begun to those who can see. A global energy crisis is looming with China and India's huge populations industrializing and the resultant insatiable demand for energy. This is the backdrop which will shape the investment climate for the forseeable future. If you play it right you can make a ton of money.

Also DO put some of your money into physical gold and silver. When the dollar crashes you'll be glad you did.


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Re: Investing in the Stock Market [Re: Catalysis]
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Diversification is key.

Small cap, large cap, international, etc.

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Re: Investing in the Stock Market [Re: Liquidkick]
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www.fool.com has LOTS of info. I once learned about this three mutual fund approach offered by legg mason has averaged 12% for a long time.


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