tough question to answer. For someone asking this type of question withought knowing more about their fincances and age and other financial obligations, I would have to make a shot in the dark. I assume by the question that you do not know a great deal about investing and the risks associated with it. There is easily the risk of loosing 1/2 your investment. There is the possibility of loosing the whole investment. Especially if it were all invested in just one equity.
To reduce that risk an investment in a mutual fund or index fund would be appropriate. There are thousands to choose from low risk short term debt instrument funds to high risk growth funds and everything in between. My personal preference are small cap funds such as IWN and PENNX. The first an index fund the second a managed mutual fund. I also like funds investing in China and India as those countries appear to have much greater growth potential than the U S and Europe. TDF and CHN for the first and IIF for the second.
For sound long term value I like BAC and BBT and USB.
For undervalued large caps I like LOW, JNJ, and MMM. There are quite a few others in that category also.
For wild speculation I like VWSYF.
For long term potential I lke NWS
2007-01-01 00:41:53
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answered by Anonymous
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How about ones I do NOT recommend that have been mentioned on here. Firs ANY public traded company that has not filed a report in 8 years is an automatic HELL NO to purchase.
And other HELL NO to any consideration purchase is one listed at the end with a q this means the company is currently under bankruptcy protection and could dissolve at a moments notice especially when this q is attached to a AIRLINE sector. The airlines still have not recovered sufficently from 9/11 and one more event like that its curtains for good for that industry. If I was considering one (which I am not) I would look at Delta when that comes out of protection in a few months
The commies will be in control within two weeks and thus I am not sold on alternative energy plays just yet (if it was more plentiful in the US I might consider it even more that what i am now) Thus with the commies in control Oil may be a back off play as well as pharmacuticals (if you thought plan D was a joke last year wait till you see what comes this time) Archie Bunkers favorite American Thugs & Thieves (AT&T) was on a roll last year but I just don't trust telecommunications yet. The only sectors even worth looking at is Retail Financial Utilties and Housing (later in the first quarter) I like gold but not at this price commodity plays are a suspect. But then again I am looking more global than anything right now and thus you need a global player (Boeing is a good choice but you run the risk of it being in defense which the commies are TOTALLY opposed to) GE is a powerhouse (not even the commies can find fault with that one) in fact I'll go ahead and say GE as a good safe play in these uncertain commie times.
Now for a future pick VISA! :)
2007-01-01 21:10:56
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answered by Anonymous
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I would recommend Energy Conversion Devices, ENER. they make solar panels, and batteries for hybrid cars. Someone also recommended VWSYF, Vestas Wind. They are world's #1 maker of wind turbines. This is not a speculatvie investment, but the problem would be that because it is a .pk stock, the daily volume is small.
Here is a link on ENER:
http://www.top10traders.com/ViewPost.aspx?postID=197
Herer is a link on wind energy investments (take a look if you think global warming will be a big issue this year):
http://www.top10traders.com/ViewPost.aspx?postID=61
These links are from 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.
Good luck.
2007-01-01 11:00:14
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answered by Anonymous
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Why are you asking a bunch of strangers, with no way of verifying their credentials or knowledge how to invest your money?
Never, ever take "tips" to buy stocks. The only thing more ignorant in investing is asking for it.
Learn investing. Understand what you're buying. Have a good reason to buy & have an exit plan before you buy. Always invest within the boundaries of your "asset allocation".
2007-01-01 09:41:55
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answered by Common Sense 7
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PBLS has more than most AMEX stocks.
It is selling at a penny because they have not filed in 8 years and will file first Q 2007
Everyone needs to spend a few hours and research this company. PBLS
220 million revenues
22 million profit
no debt
22mil/815OS = .025 EPS for 2006
selling for .012 per share.
When they file the 10 watch out !
2007-01-01 14:43:11
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answered by seriousddneeded 3
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Boeing
2007-01-01 05:38:41
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answered by Tweet 5
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Disney, Time-Warner, or Revlon
2007-01-01 05:38:42
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answered by ? 4
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You are the only one who can answer this question
2007-01-01 06:00:29
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answered by Bobi G 1
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you should recommend TISCO
2007-01-01 05:38:40
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answered by sudhir1993_stannes 1
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NWACQ
hands down !!
2007-01-01 11:33:26
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answered by Kitty 6
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