What to Invest in?

Question

I have some money around and i would really like to create it into more money. Im young and smart. And have some background about stock, considering my father was a broker. I would really like to invest my money in a company that may be on the move or is a smart decision. I have a few ideas but i would like some more input.

please help me out and list the company and what they do.

Answer 1

Mutual fund innovator Bogle suggested that we cannot consistently win at individual stocks anymore than a gambler could consistently beat the casino--the odds are against him.

How about this for putting the long-run odds in your favor? The ETF NY invests in the biggest 100 stocks on the New York Stock Exchange (by market capitalization). Those companies have been perceived as doing something superlatively well, why not buy the basket of them? Currently around $80, around this time last year they were about $65-ish. A similar case could be made for DVY, the Dow Jones Select Dividend ETF by Ishares. Also look at IYY (total market) and PXN (biggest players in nanotechnology, some amazing stuff being worked on there).

Answer 2

If your father is/was a broker, you should already know that free stock tips are worth every penny you paid for them!

Don't buy stock in any company you do not understand. If you can't explain what they do and how what they do makes money in one simple sentence, it's a bad place to put your money!

Answer 3

1. Make sure you know enough about the stock market:
How to get started:
http://techfarm.blogspot.com/2007/07/how-do-i-start-investing.html

2. Some prerequisites and guided tour whether you should invest in ETFs, mutual funds, or individual stocks:
http://techfarm.blogspot.com/2007/07/i-have-sum-of-money-to-invest-how-do-i.html

3. Make sure you are diversified. if you are going the individual stock route, go with a portfolio of 5-10 stocks, each in a different sector.

4. If you go the individual stock route, and wish to find some ideas, you can research these companies:

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1. Basic Materials:
a. FCX (Freeport McMoran, Gold and Copper)
b. ATI (Allegheny Technology)

2. Consumer Discretionary:
a. GME (Gamestop) -- Major gaming cycle is here (3 major consoles), large Generation Y
b. NTRI (NutriSystem) -- obesity problem is a long term trend
c. SNDA (Shanda Interactive) -- Chinese Online Gaming Company. Chinese Middle class is growing, and I can see them getting addicted to online games.
d. JBX (Jack in the Box) -- Regional fastfood (growth to be national) with Mexican Qdoba grill exposure. you remember the Chipotle (CMG) spinoff by Mcdonalds?
e. CKR (CKE Restaurants) -- Carl's Jr. Fast food and other fastfood chains. Good small cap fast food long term growth at a reasonable price?

3. Consumer Staples:
a. UL (Unliver) -- Much cheaper and better growth
than PG (Procter and Gamble)
b. HANS (Hansen) -- Growth Drink Company
c. PEP (Pepsi) -- Large diversified drink company
d. CEDC (Central European Distribution) -- Central
European drink company)
e. WBD (Wimm Bill Dann) -- Fast growing Russian
Diary and milk company. Look at the chart! Wait for
pullback?

4. Energy:
a. Integrated Oil:
COP (Conoco Philips)
b. Drillers:
ESV (Ensco)
GSF (Global Santa Fe)
c. Refiners:
VLO (Valero)
TSO (Tesoro)
d. Oil Sands Exposure
CNQ (Canadian Natural Resources)
e. Oil Services:
HAL (Halliburton)
SLB (Schlumberger)
f. Oil Shipping/Services
TDW (Tidewater)
g. Rigs and other oil services:
NOV (National Oilwell Varco)
RIG (Transocean)
h. Coal:
BTU (Peabody Energy)

5. Financial Services:
a. Brokers:
GS (Goldman Sachs)
LEH (Lehmann)
b. Banks:
JPM (JP Morgan)
IBN (Icici Bank) -- Indian Bank
KB (Kookmin Bank) -- Korean Bank
NBG (Natonal Bank of Greece) -- Greek Bank
c. Exchanges:
NYX (New York Stock Exchange-Euronext)
CME (Chicago Mercantile Exchange)
d. Others:
LUK (Leucadia), a mini Berkshire Hathaway
e. Online Broker:
ETFC (E*Trade Financial)
f. HXM (Homex) -- Mexican Homebuilder

6. Healthcare:
a. Big Pharma: (I don't really like big pharma)
MRK (Merck)
PFE (Pfizer) -- Value play.
b. Biotech:
GILD (Gilead) -- Great pipeline
c. Medical Equipment:
MDT (Medtronic)
ISRG (Intuitive Surgical) -- Robotic surgery
d. Healthcare Insurer:
AET (Aetna)
HUM (Humana)
MOH (Molina Healthcare)

7. Industrials
a. Aerospace/Defense:
BA (Boeing)
BEAV (BEA Aerospace)
TDG (Transdigm Group)
b. Congolomerate:
GE (General Electric) -- Large cap to come
back
c. Infrastructure:
CAT (Caterpillar)
MDR (McDermott)
FWLT (Foster Wheeler)
d. CX (Cemex) -- Mexican Cement company.

8. Technology:
a. AAPL (Apple)
b. GOOG (Google)
c. NVT (Navteq) -- they make digital maps for GPS
d. SIRF (Sirf Technologies) -- they make chips for
GPS
e. GRMN (Garmin) -- They make GPS products
f. RIMM (Research in Motion) -- Blackberry maker
g. GLW (Corning) -- Optical and flat panel display
play.
h. FNSR (Finisar) -- Optical equipment under $4
speculative play.
i. LVLT (Level 3 communications) -- Speculative
under $6 optical equipment play.
j. CSCO (Cisco) -- Networking equipment
k. AKAM (Akamai)
l. DOX (Amdocs) -- Billing software company

9. Telecom:
a. AMX (America Movil) -- Latin America/Mexican Telecom play. This is a great growth area at a good price
b. T (AT&T)
c. NIHD (NIHD Holdings) -- Latin America Telecom
d. BRP (Brasil Telecom)
e. VIP (Vimpel) -- Russian Telecom company

10. Utilities
a. SZE (Suez) -- French Utility with growth

Here's an analysis of drink and soda companies:
http://techfarm.blogspot.com/2007/06/drink-and-soda-stocks-by-numbers.html

here's an analysis of video and computer gaming companies;
http://techfarm.blogspot.com/2007/07/computer-and-video-game-stocks-by.html

Answer 4

Apple
At&t
British Telecom
Macy's
toyota Motor

you can't get hurt too badly in these guys. You can't afford to lose all your money - so stay away from volatile companies.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

think about what people will be using alot in the future. and find acompany that does that.

or invest in gold, i hear the values always increasing

Answer 7

Here are some to consider:

http://www.tradingzoom.com/top10zoomerportfolio

Answer 8

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