2007-07-09 00:56:06 · 7 answers · asked by mira, 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Investing
do you have a comprehensive financial plan?
how do stocks fit into that plan?
how does this proposed single buy fit into the stocks portion of that plan?
what is your stock trading system (plan)?
didn't know you were stock trading? you do plan to sell one day, don't you? then you're trading.
is your plan complete and does the risk level implied in it fit into your overall financial plan?
how does this stock fit into your trading plan?
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A professional stock trader has all of these questions answered. He's your competition out there in the stock market -- the guy who is trying to take your money and keep it.
GL; sounds like you'll need luck
:)
2007-07-09 01:15:09 · answer #1 · answered by Spock (rhp) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are many ways.
There are many investing styles from growth, to value, and momentum, and each would answer your question a different way.
I think you should start reading some books.
1. To get started: Investing for Dummies by Eric Tyson.
now you know the basics, read:
2. Real Money: Sane Investing in an Insane World by Eric Tyson
3. One Up On Wall Street by Peter Lynch
Then after that, you can check two extremes, one a growth investor, one a value investor.
4. How to Make Money in Stocks: William O'Neil (Growth)
5. Essays of Warren Buffet: Warren Buffett (Value)
2007-07-09 18:09:46 · answer #2 · answered by TechFarm 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-29 08:54:26 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it has had a long run up I think it is starting to look risky and could fall.
Sentiment has a lot to do with pushing stocks up or down. I don't buy to hold..just to trade.
Have a look at the resources below to help you pick stocks:
2007-07-09 01:16:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
you compare past performance, and compare earnings and fundamentals, the PEG ratio of a stock helps also...
2007-07-09 02:15:41 · answer #5 · answered by back to haunt u 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-07-09 02:53:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When it breaks out of a long period of consolidation on huge volume.
2007-07-09 20:07:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋