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Q: What stocks are good to buy for a young investor who wants to invest about $2000?
Hello,
I would like to know what stocks are good to buy for a beginner/young investor who would like to buy stocks for about $2000?
Also are there any tips that you guys would like to tell me because I am a beginner? Like what site I should use to buy my stocks? Also what stocks would be good for short term investment ( 1 day-3days)?
What stocks are good for long term?
Please consider how our economy is doing when you respond to my question
thanks in advance!
Thanks for the reply.
The money I want to invest is cash I dont need at the moment. I will not need this cash for a year or two either. Also I am a 20 year college student, I am investing in my future, but I would also like to invest in stocks or something that can make me some money.
I want to start off with $2000 and increase that amount if things work out for me.
A: If you are going to need the cash in a couple of years, you had better put it in the bank. For the long term I like GOOG a lot. In the short term you could get your clock cleaned good.
Q: What is a good mutual fund for a long run investor?
-$4500 to contribute yearly (Including what the employer offers)
-Young investor planning for retirement
-A medium amount of risk is acceptable
Know any good mutual funds that would work?
A: That may be dependent on your employers retirement plan, which is what it sound like you're being offered (4500 plus employer offer). So you will probably limited to mutual funds in your employers 401k plan, and I must say I'm 33 years old, and only worked for 2 different companies, but both had crappy 401k options. So check your companies offerings closely and research on finance.yahoo.com.
Now if this is not the case, I would still head out to finance.yahoo.com, in fact, start here, http://biz.yahoo.com/p/top.html. Click the market (small growth, large blend) and you'll see the top performers in that sector and their performance up to 5 years or more. That should give you a good idea of the yearly performance, look for 12% annual return or higher.
Now as far as sectors, with the price of oil continuing to rise, i'd go with precious metals or natural resources. I'd also look at pacific and south america too.
You can also try Exchange Traded Funds (ETF's). They're just like mutual funds only cheaper and easier to trade (do your research they are quite different from mutuals but that is the laymans comparison). You can search the same way for etf's at yahoo finance.
Good luck, at 4500+ a year should not take long for you to hit retirement
Q: As a young investor (33) should I be happy when the stock market goes lower? Buy low now, sell high in 30 yrs?
A: Yes! Invest the same dollar amount every month, no matter whether the market is up or down. When the market is down, you're buying "on sale".
However, don't try to time the market by waiting for the dips. Nobody knows when they're going to happen, and you miss out on a lot of growth while you're waiting.
Q: Young Investor Desiring to Invest?
I understand that I cannot invest without a parent's permissions and signature (I get the whole thing, so no need to explain), however, I don't know if a teen can get dividends from mutual stocks he/she has. Can they? If so, what could the percentage of yield be?
A: do homework thr charts ebooks PPT
then trade
try commodity also
use aptistock freeware,
books on 4shared.com
Q: STOCKS. young investor?
I just started this virtual stock market thing. Where are some good websites that I can read and learn about stocks. And tips on which to buy?
Its not real money
A: I came across this blog review recently of a stock trading method and the it finds stocks that have the highest potential to double and apparently it works like a charm
Here it is
http://stockdoublerobotreview.blogspot.com/2008/02/stock-double-robot-review.html
Hope it helps!
Q: Young Investor to be.?
I'm 18 years old and looking to start investing a little. Don't have much money right now because I'm your typical broke college student. But does anyone have some tips on investing a little? Maybe telling me where to start so when I actually ready I have some knowledge. Anything would help.
A: Jim Cramer's books give a nice overview (dont take it word for word but good ideas to start training your mind)
and i'd def recommend taking a principles of investment class in college, gives you the academic view on how the market works and its fun
Q: Tips on a young investor?
If you'd call me that.
alright this is gunna be long. Anybody who complains about that stuff. Just leave now cuz I don't want any of those dumb comments.
Okay here it goes.
I was the normal kid, buying stuff like games and food and all that. hanging out with my friends, comparing stuff we got. (mostly new Xbox360 games) lol. Anyways then my gramps shows me this book. It's called Rich Dad Poor Dad. Now that book changed my whole perspective. I mean it really made me think. Next, he gave me that book Who Moved My Cheese. That also was pretty good. Then we started talking about investing. For example I goto Investopedia.org for fantasy investing. I learned more vocab about monetary terms by talking to him. Now I've played this game Real Estate Empire, and it also showed me some stuff about Real Estate. The author of Rich Dad Poor Dad also mentioned it quite a few times. It's more complicated, but does interest me. I also know that there's some issues with the market because of Sub
Prime Mortgage Rates and what not. All this stuff is really interesting. It also amazes me how little we learn in school (I'm 16 btw). about the subject. I mean honestly. After everything I've learned, it really seems to me, like school is just preparing the middle class to get middle class jobs. And not so much preparing them with knowledge of money. I mean I knew nothing about this from school. It really seems like they're just making us America's labor force. For low paying, and middle paying jobs. I don't wanna be one of those guys, I wanna achieve financial freedom. Know here's my question.
1 ). Why do schools not teach anything about this kind of information. Which is really invaluable.
2 ). Is college a good idea for an investor.
3). What's a good way to make a good start. I forget the term, it's your money you saved up to start investing.
4). What's a good amount to start with.
5) Is investing in Stocks a good choice to start investing in.
6). Any further advice. Thank u.
One more thing I'd like to note. Which is really funny to me.
In Rich Dad Poor Dad. The author say's in the beginning. Something like, I've had 2 dads. One went to college and received all these degrees and what not. The other one didn't pass 8th grade. One achieved millions, giving a million $ business to his kids, and no debt. The other died without a penny in his wallet, and debt to his kids.
In my old way of thinking, I'd have thought the one who graduated college was the millionaire. Boy was I suprised when he said the kid who didn't pass 8th grade was the millionaire.
That's why i'm hesitant to goto College. i don't want my student loans lurking over me my whole life. It seems like a huge liability. I guess it would even itself out with getting a high paying job. But I don't want to get into the rat trap.
When I'm school classes, I mean mandatory ones. I beleive that would be more important then something like English on its 4th year.
A: When i was in high school, i had a class (1970???) that talked about how in the future (now) we were going to use one card and we would be able to use that one card to buy items(debit card??) sometimes your elders can give you good advise, but sometimes taking a chance at a young age won't hurt. Even if you invest a small amount, you have at least 20years before you even understand what life has brought you. Before you know it life will catch up to you and you'll see how some small investment became a big investment. I didn't know what i was doing and someone helped me select a company and after 30 years, I have money coming to me and I'm close to retirement, so it has worked out for me.
You are young enough to trust your elders.............
go for it
Q: For a young and aggresive investor, what is typically the right percentage to have in one's 401k...?
...between large, mid, small-cap, international, money market, etc...
A: First, see if your company offers a ROTH 401k. Since your taxable income may be lower that would be the best bet.
I'm pretty agressive, but have almost 50% in bonds/cash right now until the market settles. Once things get smoother I'll manage my contributions to bring me to about 40% large cap, 20% mid-small cap, 20% international, 20% bond/money market.
Q: if someone young wanted to be the next billionair investor what might he read.?
serious ansers, where is it all at. Economics, finance, business or accounting?
or does an economics text book cover all the above.
A: Read 'Rich Dad, Poor Dad' for a good perspective before you delve into detailed investment books.
Q: New young Investor, Which Fidelity Mutual Fund would you choose?
Alright I'm ready to begin investing; I'm currently 20 years old. I would expect my retirement year to be around 2050-2060. I'm able to begin with one of the 2,500 buy in and 100$ monthly funds. However I see a lot to choose from and I figured I might as well ask someone who has a better knowledge with investing than I might have. If you were in my situation which fidelity mutual fund would you be most inclined to invest with in the long-run? I've discovered from reading other reviews, that the Freedom Funds are not aggressive enough and wouldn't offer me a very high return. For someone my age that’s not looking to cash out for another 40-50 years which Fidelity Mutual Fund(s) do you think would offer the best return. Any help is appreciated.
A: I'd go with one of their retirement funds, such as a Roth IRA.
http://personal.fidelity.com/planning/retirement/retirement_planning.shtml.cvsr?bar=p
Q: What should a young investor start of buying when they get older?
I am 14 and I want to invest in real estate. I have read rich dad poor dad for teens and now i am reading rich dad poor dad. Robert Kiyosaki said that his rich dad owned stores and restaurants. I want to own duplex's, triplexes and then move onto buying up apartment complexes that need to be rehabbed and then sell them for more than what i paid for it. I also want to buy a nightclub when i get older and I want to own at least one restaurant. I am tired of buying liabilities lol I have a whole room of them I need assets=]
So what did you start of buying??
and how old were you??
Also can you buy a duplex with tenants already in them but still rehab them??
A: All of your ideas are wonderful. Kiyosaki is not completely truthful in all that he writes. Much has been changed to make it more dramatic. Some things are just plain untrue.
When you are 18 you can buy your first property. There will always be someone who will sell you a property they don't want. Usually it is a landlord who has just seen her apartment "trashed" by a tenant. She is sick of cleaning up and wants to sell. In some cases you don't have to pay her a penny. She will sign the deed to you and hand you the mortgage coupon book. You can clean up. You can put it back up for rent. She is done.
If you manage the property carefully, you will never have your units trashed. You will collect the money and fix the leaky faucets. And you will get rich.... very slowly..