what kind of stock should i look at???

Answer 1

NONE! If you're asking this question it means that you have little or no knowledge about the market and they love people like you to participate, you know why? The market is a zero sum game, which means that for every winner there is a loser. Its people like you who make the others richer because you are just jumping on the bandwagon without fully understanding the system and they will definitely take your money. The stock market is good for investment if and only if you fully understand what you are doing. You could get lucky for a while (and that's the bait), but eventually you'll lose it all again. EDUCATE yourself to increase the odds!

Answer 2

Try these ones on for size. Ranked in order of what I like best first:

China Mobile (CHL). Growing earnings and gaining suscribers at a phenomenal clip. Stock will hit $60 before long. Has a nice 4% dividend yield to boot. Forward P/E of 17 makes this stock very attractive. Great play because you can buy an industry leader in one of the fastest-growing economies (China) on earth. Screaming buy.

Carnival Cruise (CCL). Cruises becoming more and more popular. Hurricane season just ended and stock was beaten down for no good reason. Earnings are growing. Stock is just plain cheap on a valuation basis.

Ebay (EBAY). An industry leader and great business. If you can grab it below $30, it's a good play. Watch out though, the stock is volitile.

Motorolla (MOT). You never really hear too much about this company, it sorta just glides right along. The gov't contracts it has makes it a ton of money and its phones are cool. It is just above it's 52-week low and seems too cheap right now. Earnings are growing.

I would also look into an oil play. The best one seems like ConocoPhillips (COP).


Happy New Year and Good Luck!!!

Answer 3

I agree with Funnell....I have been accumulating JNJ for 6 years and now own over 5000 shares...I have more money in this stock than anything else I own...I love'm at any price. One of the best run, most diverse companies on the planet...you cant go wrong. Another option is Caterpillar(CAT), this stock was selling 82/share in May...its now down to around 60..If this stock drops into the 50's...buy immediately. There is no good reason a well run staple American company like CAT shouldn't be consistently selling for around 75-80/share...none.

If you are looking for a quick buck for this year...Carl Icahn's American Railcar (ARII)...I think oil prices drop and transport equipment and logistics has a huge year. This stock goes to 50-55...good luck

Answer 4

The best penny play around
Research junkies and DD specialists

Put a couple of hours into PBLS @ .012 has more than most AMEX
stocks. Why is it @ a penny because they have not filed in 8 years.
In the last shareholders update they said they would file 1st Q 2007.

Read it all and verify it all: 206 million Revs 21 million profits
No debt 21 Million\815 mil OS = .0257 EPS for 2006

update link: http://www.pbls.biz/pressrelease_content.asp?prid=82

8 hours minimum DD required on this Issue "PBLS"

Jockee

Answer 5

That's a very broad question looking for a very narrow answer.

Your question makes you sound young, meaning you have lots of years to invest. So think about how you see the world 40 or 50 years from now and what companies will help that happen.

In the meanwhile, I've said, often: if I had to put all my money in one stock and keep it there for the rest of my life that one stock would be:

Johnson & Johnson

Answer 6

Have you considered trading in FOREX (international currency exchange) instead of stocks?

With Stock trading with $500 to start with, you can trade on one stock out of 10,000 possible choices and if it goes up by pennies you make a little money but you pay trade commissions.

In forex, the same $500.00 lets you trade $50,000 worth of currency and only 5 major currency pairs to choose from and no trading commissions.

I am making about 20% per month trading forex. There is even software available that handles all the trades for you and allows you to profit even when you are not there. Best part is you can try it free for a month without risking a cent of your own money.

For more information go to www.huttoinvestmentgroup.com and check it out.

Answer 7

It depend on your investment goal because age, goal can affect into your stock pick. If you young you should invest highly into stock, bond and cash with ratio of 80:10:10 if you getting into retirement it should be on 30:40:30 the reason if you want to high on stock if you young is because you are looking for the bigger picture of long term investment and if you older than you looking for steady income from your investment. ( and beside that if you older you want to avoid heart attack, you want to have a nice relaxing steady income on top of your social security) :)

Answer 8

I'm thinking Southern Copper (PCU) this year.... China, India even Lat Amer...still building like crazy. Been a slight dip in share price lately...good time to buy. Plus it yields about 10% a year in dividends ( always a plus)

Answer 9

We bought more bobcat stock last year, it more than doubled and thats all i have to say...