I have 10K to invest, what stock should I buy?

Answer 1

None.
a) Until you have 3 months of salary/costs saved in CD/savings/money market, you should not invest in a stock.
b) Unless you are extremely well trained, you should not invest. The cheap brokers do not hold your stock but mail it to you. When it is time to sell, the stock has to be verified which takes time and costs money. The larger brokers cost more to purchase through.
c) Stocks rise and fall. The Beta of a stock is how it reacts in comparison to the market. A 1 means the stock goes up when the market goes up. and vica. Below 1 i.e. .8 means the stock tends to go up or hold steady when the markets goes down, again vica. The rule thumb is only invest what you are prepared to lose.
d) Plan to invest at least 5 years to get your maximum return.
e) There are thousands more mutual funds available than stocks. They help diversify by holding many different stocks. If one goes sour, you haven't lost everything.
There are many kinds of mutual funds. Moody's web site has a great deal to offer in terms of the amount of risk you can tolerate and the amount of return you need.
God's speed.

Answer 2

If you are going to invest, I think the first thing you should do is see what the best traders are buying and selling. Then use this knowledge to make bigger gains on your investments. This is the idea behind 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.

Here are this month's best traders:

http://www.top10traders.com/Top10Standings.aspx

Good luck!

Answer 3

I like XLK until the end of the year. Then I like XLU and/or XLP. These are based on how I predict markets will behave through the holiday season and then afterwards. It's typically not a good idea to put all your eggs in one basket, but I like ETFs and I think Technology will outperform the others through the end of the year, and then a switch to more defensive positions (utilities, consumer staples) might not be a bad idea. There are also ETFs with greater diversification you should look into, and just ETFs in general:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exchange-traded_fund
I think index funds like SPY are good long-term investments, regardless of what may happen in the near term, because of the qualifications a company has to meet to be included in those indexes and the diversification afforded by investing in index funds.
I would leave the purchasing of individual stocks for a time when you have learned more about how to evaluate them. This link should prove useful:
http://www.investopedia.com/

Answer 4

There are a lot of variables to your question?

Are you asking for fun or for real advice?
Do you know anything about stocks?
How long do you plan to invest?
How much risk are you willing to take?
Do you understand diversification?

First rule of investing - don't put all your eggs in one basket.

If I had to pick three stocks to invest in and I had a long time horizon, then I would pick Apple, Google, and Mastercard. Strong companies with strong earning potential but they do have risk. Apple is in a highly competitve industry but they do have a very strong market position for their ipods, new computers, and are becoming increasingly compatible with microsoft applications. Google is in an industry that has low barriers to entry - anyone can start a search engine - but how many companies have a place in the dictionary. Mastercard is in an industry with high barriers to entry, has an extremely strong brand name, but is in the midst of some legal battles.

For you to take any recommendation from someone without doing your own research is completely insane.

These are just my three fun picks.

Answer 5

Before answer your own question, how do you choose your your stock that give you the best return with minimum of risk

before you begin to invest in stock, consider 4 components

FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS(economic data, company financial strenghth, management style) tell you what company is a good value to buy

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS (charts+ technical indicators) tell you WHEN to sell when the company show sign going bad

SENTIMENTAL ANALYSIS (investor mood is very importtant) check out bull/bear ratio, put/call ratio, VIX index( fear index)

MARKET CYCLES ( SEASONAL CYCLE will effect market) check out the book STOCK TRADER ALMANAC by JEFF HIRSCH

when you combine all these components to make your decision on any invest ment will be the powerful tool for the rest of your life and you come out the winner at the end

at the age of 33, my 401k+Roth IRA combine is 80000
and 30000 in cash account by using the simple rule

Answer 6

Buy a house instead. Its the safest bet. You can have someone else pay the mortgage down while the apprecition goes up. The market will stiffen up in a year or so and you can cash out then with a nice profit or just hold it for longer and later re-fi.
I have several good buys right now with atleast 60k equity in them already if you are interested. Let me know how I can help you.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

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Answer 9

By stock maybe you in risk... why not you try offshor investment
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Answer 10

Exxon the symbol is XOM this company rules and we will ALWAYS need petroleom products of some sort heck man plastic bottles are made out of oil by products.xom rules buy it and keep it for years you will be happy.