What do i invest in in the stock market?

Question

I have to do a school project and invest in 10 things in the Dow Jones Index. I want to invest in things that ultimately rise higher and higher and dont drop too much. Gain not lost. I have to be one of the top five sellers. IT HAS TO BE IN THE DOW JONES INDEX

Answer 1

That pretty-well limits things then doesn't it? First, the Dow Jones Indexes were essentially three: Industrials, Transportation, and Utilities. Most folks ignore the latter two these days, so I'll stick with the Industrials. The whole bunch is available in an exchange traded fund (ETF) called Diamonds, or DIA. In the link below there is a list (scroll down) of the current "top 10 holdings"--these became more valuable than the others because of either growing bigger than the others, or, the very thing that averages are good for, the weaker ones have gotten smaller. If you will notice the note below the list, the top ten stocks represent almost half the value of the set of 30 companies. You could do worse. Good luck.

Answer 2

Some components of the Dow can be predicted long term. (i.e. cyclicals like BA can not sustain growth rates indicated by their current p/e) however shorting these stocks is difficult because it's hard to predict when the actual downturn will occur and you have to pay interest when shorting, even the put options are ridiculously priced out of wack.

Others like VZ have the potential for growth. Their high capital expenditure on their FIOS initiative could yield great returns for shareholders.

Answer 3

Pick what we call the dogs of the Dow it will be the worst preforming 10 companies I know this sounds odd but it works

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Answer 5

There are 30 companies that comprise the DJI. Pick on some that you may have heard of. I can suggest the following:

Citigroup (C)
General Electric (GE)
JP Morgan (JPM)
Coca Cola (KO)
Microsoft (MSFT)

For the full list of 30 companies go to:
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/cp?s=%5EDJI

You can't go wrong with some of these fundamentally sound companies.

Answer 6

MSFT, GE, KO, WMT, AIG, BA, UTX, MCD, HD.
The last one leave it to you.