what are the best stocks to buy? What company is the most consistant? Is it Google? What about Apple?

Question

i want to buy stock myself but don't know what stock i should buy. Google and Apple sound good. what about Microsoft, maybe there's will rise because of the Zune and Microsoft Windows Vista? Just give me your thoughts and oppinions.

Answer 1

Google: Too expensive on a valuation basis...Apple had a good run, but all good things come to an end. Microsoft is too big and Zune is a terrible failure. Most people won't upgrade to Vista because there's really nothing too exciting about it.

Here is what I think:

China, China, China. Look at your shirt, where was it made? Your sneakers? Your radio? Phone? Furniture?

Try this stock:

China Mobile (CHL). Growth in population in China as well as expanding economy make this sleeping giant a perfect play. The stock is $46 with a forward p/e of 17 and pays a 4% divvy. China is one of the best economies in the world right now. All our jobs are going there.

So you not only get the POPULATION growth, you also get ECONOMIC growth as well!!

CHL has 1 billion in potential new customers. It's also hedge against the falling dollar. Chinese people often don't have computers so the phone they buy will be their access to the Internet. Google and CHL just inked a deal that let's CHL suscribers get on the internet via phones.

China hosting 2008 Olympics. Gonna send stocks there higher.

CHL is a monopoly that is protected by the Chinese government. CHL is also the industry leader with 65% market share. Superb balance sheet. It's stock price is trading at a discount to its growth rate.

China is where the growth is right now, you want to be in this stock. By 2010, this stock will double and you get the divvy to boot.

Also, try the Greater China Fund (GCH). They invest directly in Chinese companies. It's another great play, but not as good as CHL.

Answer 2

First, what are you wanting to do? Do you want to merely make money on the price of the stock going up? Or do you want to be a part of something? One of the problems with owning a stock like Google is that its price is so very high. There are lots of good companies with triple-digit (or more) share prices, but GOOG (Google's stock symbol) is selling at something like 63 times its per share earnings (the Price/Earnings Ratio, or P/E). That often means that things have been bid up unrealistically. The problem with buying into an expensive stock like that is that if the market brought its price down, something like $150 or even $100 if more commonly acceptable P/E ratios like 30 or 20 were the norm. A stock going from just shy of $500 a share down to $100 a share would be a pretty painful loss. Still, what if it continued and became even more profitable so that the $500 price were in line with a reasonable valuation of earnings? If.

Berkshire Hathaway Class A stock (heard of someone named Warren Buffet? It is his company) is selling for about $109,000 per share--and that is with a P/E ratio of about 13. Needless to say, that's a really profitable firm. When Buffet retires or dies, this stock will fall, a little, but not a lot. That is because it has a solid mix of business under it and not a lot of "air" embedded in the price. Google, in this regard, is very inflated.

Apple (AAPL) is a more reasonable buy. At the mid 80s, it has a P/E of about 31 and some hot-selling products new and old.

But you are on a good track, invest in things that interest you, that you want to be a part of. Treat it like a tree and patiently let it grow. Trading, on the other hand, is quite a bit trickier to do.

Answer 3

Now is not a good time to invest in stocks. Instead of stocks, you should try prosper.com. But only invest in loans with a credit rating of D or better and a DIT of less than 20%. I have had tremendous success with Prosper. Most of the loans I've funded have at least a 15% - 22% return. A lot better than any CD and safer than the stock market! Good Luck!

Check out this article from the NY Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/13/technology/13ecom.html?ex=1297486800&en=a0ac72b7453152ab&ei=5090

Answer 4

What are the best stocks to buy?

There are 1000's of folks and companies who devote their whole existence to answering this seemingly very simple question. Anyone who can is high on drugs. Assuming you want to buy stocks for investment purposes, the best stock to buy depends on who you are and why you are investing.

Are you 21 and investing for retirement?
Are you 50 and investing for retirement?
Are you 20 or 50 and investing for fun?
Are you a risk taker?
Are you a conservative investor?
What are your overall goals for investing?
The best stocks to buy depends on your answers.

If you are looking for companies who are consistant....look for those large companies who have a long history of existence. I'm talking about 10 years or more. Go to morningstar.com for the best in info.

Google is hot right now. But will it be hot next year? Apple is okay. Point is, investing environment is constantly changing. Performance of any stock often changes from AM to PM in any given day. You have to first determine what kind of investor you are, why your investing, what your goals are and do your homework.

Set your goals first....do your homework.....make your choices and stay on top of them.

Answer 5

I'd run from Apple like the plague, they have some regulatory issues pending that could be very damaging, especially if Jobs leaves. I'd look into some of the big enviromental development firms that specialize in producing fossil fuel alternatives if you're looking for a longer term investment, in a few years those are going to be a very intergral part of our society

Answer 6

If you don't have stock already, you have a lot to learn.

As a new investor, you should buy a no-load Balanced Fund Mutual Fund.

It is relatively lower risk with a good potential for going up in value

Answer 7

Budweiser
Bandaids

Answer 8

I would suggest you to learn more on shares and stock trading http://money-review-site.com/shares.html and how to select the best shares.
Hope it helps

Answer 9

Just a tip...buy low/sell high!!