I am doing a project for Civics class where we are given a hypothetical $100,000. We will hypotethically invest it into anything and track our earnings over one month. I am competing against other groups to earn the most money. What would you suggest? Stock? CDs? Real Estate? Mutual Funds? I am so lost. Help.
2007-05-03 12:21:14 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Investing
in addition to the amount you have to invest, the things to remember about investing are:
1. how much risk are you willing to bear?
2. what is your time horizon?
if the project lasts for a relatively short period, you should eliminate CDs and real estate since those investments take much longer to appreciate.
there are thousands of mutual funds as well as thousands of individual stocks.
if you are super agressive, choose some stocks traded on the pink sheets. they are typically less than $1 per share and they move in huge percentages every day. otherwise, choose some good growth stocks (oil and energy companies are doing well)
mutual funds are a little more stable. you can choose agressive funds that focus in on small-cap and mid-cap stocks.
but if you really want to "learn something" then you will try to diversify your portfolio of investments to yield a return that you are comfortable with given your tolerance for risk.
if you want to make as much money as possible, you will have to be more aggressive than anyone else. but then again, you will stand the chance of losing everything.
2007-05-03 12:31:23 · answer #1 · answered by loveholio 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
CDs are the safest. As high as the stock market is now, we may see a downward correction soon.
I actually had the same project when I was working on my MBA. We were divided into investment teams. One team in our class only invested in CDs. They were ahead at the end of the project. The rest of us thought we were stock pickers, turned out we weren't.
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2007-05-03 20:00:38 · answer #2 · answered by Robert L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can invest your money at a stock like AENS.OB. A great protential growth stock with a 1y Target Est: 36.80 and now its just 0.98. It generates a great sheet of yearly increase revenus.
Act now before its too late for that.
It would become your first milestone.
2007-05-05 20:29:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
get into commodities, trust me, the potential for great gain is huge, and very easy once you get the hang of things. If you use an option, the risk is totally limited
2007-05-03 19:24:30 · answer #4 · answered by wordpartnersink 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think chinas real estate market is great plus dollar depreciation due to china yuan becoming more valuable, about 3% annually.
2007-05-04 00:17:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
penny stocks!
2007-05-03 19:54:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋