2007-03-26 20:27:22 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Investing
The easiest thing you can do, actually is to invest in exchange traded funds. These are mutual funds that trade on the market and which you can buy through a brokerage account and allow you to own a little stock in a lot of companies. Two funds that hold all 500 companies in the S&P 500 (the 500 largest US companies) are the iShares fund (IVV) and the SPDR fund (SPY). This saves you the trouble of choosing individual stocks and basically eliminates the chance that you'll accidentally pick the next Enron.
This is really all you need to do to invest in the market. If you enjoy picking stocks, you can put your money into a fund initially and then buy stocks if you see an especially compelling investment. If you buy individual stocks you want to 1) diversify your portfolio, and 2) make big enough purchases that comissions aren't a big expense (ie if your broker charges $10/trade then it doesn't make sense to buy $100 in stock because it'll cost you 20% of your investment to buy and sell the stock). I generally buy at least $1000, and I wouldn't make an investment of less than $500. I would also recommend having at the absolute least 5 stocks in your portfolio, and that's only if you have some experience playing the market, 10-20 is probably better if your new. Or just buy funds.
2007-03-26 20:55:24 · answer #1 · answered by Adam J 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do not invest more than 25% of the money you have....Consider them as your training fees........no training like a hands on training........you may have the beginners luck but do not get carried away........wait till you loose the 25%. By this time you will have had a good experience and will know how to use the rest 75% of your capital.
All the best!
2007-03-27 12:38:43 · answer #2 · answered by Sharad 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try to invest in a mutual fund in a systematic investment plan. Thus you can invest as little as Rs 5000/- p.m. in a mutual fund and keep invested for a long term ,i.e., at least for a few years.
2007-03-27 03:41:33 · answer #3 · answered by Rahul 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take the advice of some regular investors. simply keep watching the market for one month without investing. Then you will be able to make a diversified portfolio of your own. Fix a strategy for both buying and selling.
The best strategy is "SELL WHEN BUYERS ARE THERE and BUY WHEN SELLERS ARE THERE"
2007-03-27 03:55:28 · answer #4 · answered by RAVI N 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Invest in any good IPO. Invest between 50000-100000/- for allotment. Must have PAN, Bank A/c, Demat a/c etc.
2007-03-27 05:58:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think all the Technology stocks are good like Infosys, TCS,etc. You can take 20 to 30 shares of these stocks. Some stocks like ABB and BHEL are also good. You can take 15 to 20 shares of those.
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2007-03-28 09:48:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
invest ur money in blue-chip companies
2007-03-27 03:34:41 · answer #8 · answered by SIMI J 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋