I can't decide which is a better investment in the stock market! What do you think? I'm not talking like thousands of dollars, I'm not that experienced, just around $100 to start off.
2007-01-11 10:41:19 · 13 answers · asked by Jess 4 in Business & Finance ➔ Investing
You cannot invest $100.00 in Apple or Wal-Mart.
If you have a brokerage account at Just2Trade ($2.50) you would have to wait until your stock goes up 5% just to pay for the comissions.
If Wal-Mart or Apple rises 10% after a year then you would make the same as a bank account but with risk.
I suggest you to increase your money to at least $250.00
On January 3, 2006 the price was $45.56
On January 3, 2007 the price was $47.55
The price is higher but the comissions eat your profits.
It's not wise to invest all your money in just one company.
If you only have $100.00 then you should not buy individual stocks.
I suggest the ETF AMEX:DIA which includes Wal-Mart and 29 more companies.
2007-01-11 12:02:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Don't ever put your money in walmart over apple. Please. Research and Analyst coverage will show that apple has more growth potential than walmart does. If you're talking about $100 dollars, you should use a DRIP (Direct Reinvestment Plan) plan with the company you choose to eliminate commisions on a low investment amount. You can do this by speaking with the company's investor relations dept.
If you have only $100, I recommend that you save that money in an ING direct account, or a money market account earning you about 4.5-5% interest, and start buying stock when you can afford to diversify and buy a couple of stocks at once. (Most mutual funds have a minimum buy-in for $1000.)
PLEASE. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON WALMART
i hope this helps. good luck.
2007-01-11 22:09:11 · answer #2 · answered by joerazz22 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd suggest WalMart, because the price of their stock is low, like it's "on sale". Apple is near its 52 week high, and a little pricey. Go to the library and look at Value Line in the Reference Section. They have a high rating on both stocks.
They're both great companies. Don't worry if the price goes down. Hold on for the long haul. They both will be higher 5 years from now. Good luck.
2007-01-11 21:07:44 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
im more than positive walmart will be cheaper, but apple is coming out with a lot of new products and there stocks have been going up quite a bit, i also would suggest investing in stem cell research companies or nano technology companies there gonna sooner or l8er go up and they dont really go down so its pretty safe, and id use motely fool preferably to start a stock portfolio =0 and i think they do research but i havent been on for awhile
2007-01-11 18:51:06 · answer #4 · answered by sdadagfds 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you only have $100, I would be agressive and go with AAPL. Apple is just unstoppable, the chances of aapl doing better in terms of return is much greater than Wal-Mart. I know Wal-Mart is the safer bet over the long haul, but AAPL will outpeform WMT anyday, imo. See http://ibooyah.com for more ideas.
2007-01-11 19:15:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you really can't decide, maybe go halves on both. I like Apple though. Wal-mart has been on a slight decline and Apple is still popping out new products. You really can't go wrong with either b/c they both are well established and won't go bust anytime soon.
good luck
2007-01-11 18:48:20 · answer #6 · answered by justforthisonepost 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't go with wal-mart it's already huge and is slowing down every body has already invested in them,this is the information age,go with something a little bit smaller that has room to grow where you can make money.
2007-01-11 19:40:02 · answer #7 · answered by sonoftheKing 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Best stock I ever bought was cisco.It has grown and split several times in 10 years.
2007-01-11 23:25:32 · answer #8 · answered by Jim C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YOU SHOULD NOT ASK ONE OF US. I AM IN A FINANCIAL MATH CLASS AND ONE OF THE THINGS I LEARNED IS TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW HOW THE COMPANY IS DOING B4 U IINVEST. WE INVESTED IN SEVERAL COMPANIES WITH FAKE MONEY ONE OF THEM WAS APPLE AND WE DID DO GOOD BUT U NEVER KNOW.
TO FIND OUT IF A COMPANY IS DOING GOOD OR NOT WE USED WWW.FINANCE.YAHOO.COM. SEARCH FOR THE COMPANY AND LOOK AT THE PORTFOLIO.
GOOD LUCK.
2007-01-11 18:51:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
neither there both dying companies especially apple ya its going to go up since there ipods and there new phone but if your going to invest invest in microsoft msft. also if you want to experinment go to top10traders.com good website to invest with fake money
2007-01-11 21:36:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋