Stock market tips and experiences

[OC Guy]

"Buy on hype, sell on news."

[pglogan]

Originally Posted by OC 335i

"Buy on hype, sell on news."

or, sell on volatility and buy on distribution (options, that is)

[chbrules]

Originally Posted by skim7x

Hey guys... I'm starting to accumulate some money through a side job I have and I want to start getting into investing. Do any of you have any experience/advice you could give me about investing in the stock market?

1) What are some safer stocks to go with? Index 500?
2) Who do you trade through? or do you do it yourself through some site?
3) Where do you get your 'information' (I'd suspect you need to be on top of a company's policies and recent decisions in order to determine if they are worth investing in...)
4) Where can I learn more about trading? There isn't a http://www.stockmarketpost.com is there? (ok i just checked, there IS... but if you have a site that is somewhat more helpful than stockmarketpost.com, I'd appreciate it)

1) Penny stocks
2) Zecco, free trades (www.zecco.com)
3) All over the place. Yahoo financial, mainly.
4) Google it?


I would suggest looking into the FOREX trading market. A little more sane and somewhat more predictable since it moves in macroeconomic trends. www.babypips.com/school

When you trade on margin in FOREX, it's not like making a deposit on a loan like in the stock market, you actually get to use the trading company's money in ratio with your investment. You can do 1:1,2:1,4:1,10:1,50:1,100:1,200:1, etc. The higher the margin, the more you can make or lose. You don't pay them back the margin, you can only lose as much as you have in your account, it can never go negative.

Try:
http://www.Oanda.com/
or
http://www.odlsecurities.com/

[Boostedg35]

So i figure with everything being down now is a good time to buy. so im ready. give me some good stocks to research also anyone got any good penny stocks for high risk?

[ArmyBimmerDude]

LWLL

[Boostedg35]

wow good one armybimmerdude

[ArmyBimmerDude]

Bro I'm telling you, this company has a bright future. That plus the Olympics in China and the need for disinfectants.....

Look at what happened in 2003/04 when the SARS outbreak happened. Shot to a $1.

GL

[derek0480]

http://www.otcbb.com/profiles/DNAP.htm


DNAprint genomics

[ejazbmw]

I don't like sharing my stock tips

[Boostedg35]

yeah cause more volume is never good right?

[fobunited]

The market is still extremely volatile, therefore performance of individual stocks are going to be tough to predict. Why not diversity a little bit and look into ETFs? The DJIA is below 13 after hitting 14 in October.

[SteveMD]

CHME.OB

[325 Baller]

I had emc options, sold them as it hit 6 or 7 dollars / option and literally the next day the free fall happend

[sinnet112]

Originally Posted by fobunited

The market is still extremely volatile, therefore performance of individual stocks are going to be tough to predict. Why not diversity a little bit and look into ETFs? The DJIA is below 13 after hitting 14 in October.

+1
Emerging markets ETFs are a little shaky right now also. I'd actually probably recommend holding off for a while before jumping into the market. Investors are showing signs of anxiety and insecurity. It's almost one step forward, two steps back every three days. There could be more potential downturn in the future.

Retail was good these past two days, but that's by no means a surefire sign for a positive economy heading into Christmas and the holidays.

If you want to play it safe, buy something like Procter and Gamble (PG) which you can't go wrong with either way until the market shows it's heading for an upturn.

[RenaultOne]

Originally Posted by ArmyBimmerDude

LWLL

That is a damn cheap penny stock!!

[fobunited]

Most analysts are pretty bullish on large cap value.

Originally Posted by sinnet112

+1
Emerging markets ETFs are a little shaky right now also. I'd actually probably recommend holding off for a while before jumping into the market. Investors are showing signs of anxiety and insecurity. It's almost one step forward, two steps back every three days. There could be more potential downturn in the future.

Retail was good these past two days, but that's by no means a surefire sign for a positive economy heading into Christmas and the holidays.

If you want to play it safe, buy something like Procter and Gamble (PG) which you can't go wrong with either way until the market shows it's heading for an upturn.

[DFW_M]

who said the markets are low...
W can do much better and drag it all below 10k... We have not seen the "low" yet IMO

[Boostedg35]

heads up

lwll is going up

i bought in for $2000 at .17 and now its .24 thanks armybimmerdude

btw i also got like $200 in dnaprint and its been dropping like rock

[jetblk328i]

BMW.DE 1 series coming out and a bunch of other models, plus, in places like China, BMWs are starting to get real popular. plus you got the Euro VS Dollar.....

[67bmer]

stay away from the penny stocks!!!! Just buy some beer or spend your money on something you enjoy. Buy a lottery ticket. Go to Vegas......

Otherwise, GS, SGR, ATK, SWN are a few woth looking at.

[cgnahc]

How about that! Only a 100+ points lower, not too bad. Beautiful fade from the gap down. 3/4 pt rate cut helped. Thanks, Uncle Ben.

Who MADE money today?

[jaiman]

I'm not so upbeat but if you think the Fed being so worried they did an intra-meeting cut a week before their regular meeting is a good thing.....

I think the next few months are going to be pretty rocky.