okay so ive decided to get a start in the stock market and id love to get some advice of good stocks. anything that can help would be greatly appreciated and will get 5 stars. so please help em out, thanks!!
2007-10-11 09:44:51 · 8 answers · asked by Joe D 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Investing
any thoguhts of starbucks stock?
2007-10-11 10:36:55 · update #1
The best stock to invest in requires critical thinking; for an example, December is 2 months from now which means the video game industry is pressured by its stockholders to make new games now in order to have their games in stores by Christmas. Video games can cost the consumer about $50. $50 times 650,000 sales = gross money of $32.5 million and I guess it will cost $7.5 millions to produce a good video game. That is 25 millions dollars profit and you own a part of the company, if you are a shareholder of that company means you get some of the profit.
Have you noticed that gas and airline tickets are skyrocketed near the Holidays? That is when those companies make the most profit. If an airline company makes a profit of $25 million in a sales quarter (3 months), and if there are 10 million shares and each share that cost $57.80 (common stock) each. At the end of that quarter, you will receive a dividend of $2.50/share you owned. In addition, the share that you brought 3 months ago will increase value by $2.50/share. So your share would be $60.30 and that is the selling price, if you decide to sell. Also, buying more shares means more profit, if the market is going well.
2007-10-11 10:17:40 · answer #1 · answered by Corporate Style 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are lots of potentially good stocks, but any one stock can have bad things happen. One might even argue that with the market at an all-time high, it's not the best time to buy in.
I would suggest wide diversification through an exchange-traded fund such as SPY or QQQQ.
One investing theme I like in the current environment is Canada (the whole country). Take a look at EWC
2007-10-11 10:48:29 · answer #2 · answered by cosmo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
VMWARE (VMW) It is a new technology and has no competition. Microsoft plans on launching similar software to compete, but that is not untill late 2008. If a company does something that is in demand and nobody else can do it, then its a pretty good choice.
2007-10-11 09:57:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For a safer play, I would purchase Blackrock dividend achievers trust. BVD. It is a closed end fund of blue chip dividend paying stocks and trading at a 12.5%. It is paying a 6.3^% dividend right now! It is comprised of companies like: AT&T, cheveron, GE, bank of america, Pfizer ect.......
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2007-10-11 11:04:54 · answer #4 · answered by Uncle Mike 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
PCP bought at 115 and sold at 136
thats 18% gain
Just bought PCP at 146.
This time I'll just hold it longer and save some commision money.
2007-10-11 10:00:43 · answer #5 · answered by Wayne P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you need to do your own homework.
and thats not because I dont want to hel p you cheat! It because one persons gain can be anothers loss. You need to research the backgroud of diffrent companies to invest wisely.
Know how to research a "hot tip".
2007-10-11 11:05:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.tradingzoom.com/top10zoomerportfolio
2007-10-11 16:13:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suggest you to buy SBUX at $26.10 USD or less.
2007-10-11 14:54:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋