Personal...buy for dividends and yield where possible.
Anyone else invest?
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Please provide details and examples, either here on a PM. I'm just starting out and I wanna know a typical trader's behaviors so I can emulate accordingly.
1) Are you a short term or long term investor? Day trader?
2) Which companies do you recommend I focus on given this time and day? (for the future of-course)
3) Do you have a full time job? If so, what do you do?
4) How many hours a day do you spend monitoring the markets? (as in literally sit at your computer / phone / tablet)
5) Do you mess around with penny stocks? (by penny stocks I don't mean fractional, I mean $1-5 stocks)
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05-22-2014, 02:39 PM #17
I just started playing on investopedia.com's simulator. I bought walmart and Home Depot stocks lol.
I have an optionsxpress.com account. You think $50 is good to play around with penny stocks?
Also where do you go for the most reliable Wall Street updates and news about companies so I can make the best decisions?
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05-22-2014, 02:39 PM #18
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05-22-2014, 02:43 PM #20
Penny stocks? Don't know a lot about them. Any amount you are ok with losing is ok. Maybe you'll get lucky. I know I will not get a stock that will blow up because I am too conservative.
Biggest gain was Johnson and Johnson. Bought a few months ago around $87. It's now 101ish. 13-14% gain.
Keep in mind that I don't want to make any money. All dividends are reinvested for tax reasons...just want to accumulate.
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05-22-2014, 02:52 PM #23
Good question. Where to put it is the magical ?. I don't want to make any cash per say...just have money grow untouched...so I pick large stable companies with large dividends and potential for growth. Even if the price goes down a bit, my dividends will keep growing and likely outpace.
How much? We'll I buy a minimum of 100 shares....so like chevron at $124 a share that's 12.5k. That to me is a good start in any one fund. I have exposure to about 20-25 stocks at one time not including mutual funds which obviously have many more.
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05-22-2014, 02:54 PM #24
Yeah, tough to know. Article on cnn today said most investment experts think people are wanting cash too much and should still invest. Cash doesn't grow enough right now in a bank or bond so I don't keep too much on hand.
Stock/ real estate/ gold/ cash. If I was more diversified I would have some of everything....
Edit .. What about a REIT? I have bought TWO...look it up. Exposure to real estate with less risk of buying yourself? Big dividend and good cash flow too.
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