What are the best stocks/bonds/mutual funds to invest in for long term growth in 2007?

Answer 1

http://www.smartmoney.com

great article on the top 35 funds.

Answer 2

eTrade "active" (experienced traders) experienced traders, for the most part, don't use them. eTrade seems to appeal to those that don't know too much about trading. (BTW: 10 trades a month is nothing in terms of "active"). You could have done much better.... a novice investor is better off with Fidelity or Schwab. If you're experienced investor (vs trader).... they are also excellent choices. I don't believe they have fees for inactivity. Here's the real problem: Because a stock is at it's 52 week low..... doesn't mean it's a good buy..... in fact the odds are it will get worse. Trying to catch the bottom is a typical novice move that gets a lot of people in trouble. Another problem many people do is buy too much of their companies stock. Just because you work there doesn't mean you know how the market will treat the stock. You should read these two books before you do a thing; Stock Investing For Dummies Mutual Funds For Dummies Best idea: Put $1000 into your companies stock. Put the rest in a good Stock Mutual Fund.

Answer 3

Source Capital (SOR) pays a 6% dividend. Can't beat that. For a mutual fund, stick with bonds for now because as the economy begins to slow down, the fed will reduce rates, which causes bond prices to go up. It is slow money, but safe money. But everyone needs some fun in the market, so get a gold mutual fund, too, because it is no fun just watching gold go up. 1/3 in SOR, 1/3 in a bond mutual fund, and 1/3 in gold. And if you don't do this, at least track it for 12 months and see how you would have done.

Answer 4

Fidelity Balanced Mutual Fund is a very good long term fund to invest in and is 5 star rated.

Answer 5

NYSE Group (NYX), they operate the new york stock exchange, will grow by acquisition, as of today it trades at about $105, headed for $200+

Goldman Sachs (GS), investment banker, best out there, currently trades at about $210, just buy and hold

Toyota Motor (TM), you know what they do, again best of the bunch, currently trades at $132, just buy and hold, set to be the dominant automaker for quite some time to come, think GM in its heydays

Apple Inc (AAPL), just introduced the iphone, will revolutionize the cell phone bizness and many more products to come, near monopoly in the digital music bizness with the ipod, trades at $88

Mastercard Inc (MA), credit card bizness, trades at $105, headed to $200

The above stocks may seem expensive to a novice at $100+/share but they are cream of the crop worth much more than their current prices. I have a 30 point gain in NYX and a 50 point gain in MA. Good luck.

Answer 6

Take a large sum and dump at one time into the Vanguard emerging markets mutual funds. There may be a 0.50% fee when you put money in or take any out....but the better than 20% return should help you get over that.