Give me ideas, if you can. Reasoning behind them would be awesome, too.

 

  • Mr. Right 9:07 am on March 10, 2010

    Put it in real estate. The market is down and interest rates are low. It’s safer investment at the moment.

  • Stew S 9:08 am on March 10, 2010

    I wouldnt invest money into any stocks right now. Everything is dropping. You would be better off to have a fun night at the whore house than to invest.

    Times are bad right now to the point that Wal-Mart even let people go.

  • J M 9:08 am on March 10, 2010

    I’d generally look at things you’re almost sure are still going to be around in 10-20 years, assuming you’re properly investing for the long-haul as you should.

    Things like Microsoft and Intel are likely decent, and I might consider a couple other things like Amazon, Garmin, Cisco, Procter & Gamble, etc.

    One thing to keep in mind, however, is that even if these are generally "good" investments, they might still remain overpriced relative to true value. That’s actually been a problem with things like Google in recent years, where sure it’s a great company likely to increase in true value over time, but too many people buy into it without knowing what they’re doing and what the stock should actually be worth, the price goes sky high just because a lot of people want to "own" it, and it sells at stock prices that are insane relative to what people are actually betting will occur if they knew what they were doing. Then when a downturn comes, it actually loses more percentage-wise than most other things, and it’s the percentages that matter most over time.

    I haven’t looked at things like Microsoft and Intel in detail recently, but it wouldn’t surprise me if they’ve already had a lot of people move in on them and they might already be trading on the overpriced side. Sure they’re pretty good operations likely to be around, but if they’re overpriced, they’re overpriced, and it’s up to you to do the research, thinking, and math as to if that’s occurring or not. If they’re nudging on the overpriced side, the percentage return over the long haul is more likely to be lower.

    Whatever you do, diversify, and don’t forget to consider commodities like oil and silver, too. And real estate is indeed where the best values are likely to be had right now if you have long-term investment money lying around. For that matter, however, there are some consumer goods that may become increasingly more difficult to find and/or expensive in the not-too-distant future. If you find amazing deals on things like shoes, raincoats, and the like right now, it might not be a bad idea to plan ahead a little, and your percentage return relative to what things *might* cost later may actually be your best investment and give you some survival peace of mind.

  • patrick 9:08 am on March 10, 2010

    Raymond James Financial:
    Excellent company, well managed, will have advantage in wooing top brokers from Merrill Lynch, and decreased competition.
    Microsoft:
    Beaten down, yet very profitable, no debt, and 60 billion in cash on hand. Microsoft will be able to survive a long turndown that many of its competitors wont
    Gilead:
    Excellent company with strong track record in a recession proof industry
    TJX
    Excellent retailer, low debt, great management. Furthermore as an off price leader, they can capitalize on the glut of excess merchandise in the market at much lower costs. Retailers also tend to have their stock prices begin to lift when the economy is the worst. Investors realize that as the economy recovers, retailers sales will increase proportionately higher than other industries
    GE
    Huge company, battered by the finanncial industry woes. The stock price does not reflect the balance sheet, and it pays an outstanding dividend. GE will be around forever.
    HMC
    Honda is being killed by the gloom of the entire industry, but makes the most fuel efficient cars of ny of the major auto companies, and has a much lower cost overhead structure. When the economy rebounds, Honda should be at the top of the auto stocks.

  • Jim M 9:08 am on March 10, 2010

    Recent experience has taught us once again that the number one rule of investing is to DIVERSIFY: don’t put all your eggs in one basket. The lesson is to diversify over many different kinds of stocks, both in the US and abroad.Also, keep your expenses low.

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  • brad 9:08 am on March 10, 2010

    Uso – not a company, an index. oil is very, very cheap right now. I think this will be a great pick for 10% easily by summer time.
    Drys for a trade a buck here and there.
    Mcd at 56 would be great.
    Ko, sadly it’s up too much today, could have got in 40’s yeasterday, 43’s too rich right now. Stable beta, great company, near 52 week low, met earnings today.
    Xom at 73, think we could see 76 easily by the end of the month, if not sooner. Soon as the day when oil spikes comes it’ll be up 2.

  • Space Invader101 9:08 am on March 10, 2010

    DOESN"T IT MAKE SENSE TO BUY SOMETHING GOING UP???
    Right now, that means tech stocks. There’s up-trends emerging all over the place in this sector. You’ll see the bull market emerge in the NASDAQ 100 before the Dow Jones and S&P 500 indexes.
    IBM and Google (GOOG) – Both stocks are on steady up trends at the moment.

    The two companies are developing health care software so patient data can be recorded on Googles server. Users will also be able use the Google server as a remote hard drive so you can your access files online anywhere in the world: http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssSoftware/idUSBNG41928820090205

    IBM will release worlds fastest computer in 2011: http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssITServicesConsulting/idUSN3140915620090203

    Google positve report: http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE50L62A20090123
    IBM’s positve report:http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE50J7HQ20090121

    Intel (INTC) – As the internet becomes more wireless, I think laptop sales with Intel chips will grow as the recession eases.

    Boeing (BA)
    I know NASA and Boeing have been working on a flying car for some time. You might want to do a yahoo/google search on this. I don’t know what to think. It’s a bit too early to speculate. There’s still electric cars to come.
    http://video.google.com.au/videosearch?q=Boeing+flying+car&hl=en&emb=0&aq=f#q=flying+car&hl=en&emb=0

    Coca Cola (KO) has been going up today since its quarterly report and annual report were released to the market (2/12/2009)

  • BatistaBombUrAss 9:08 am on March 10, 2010

    Myriad genetics… it is up a lot and it is going up even more

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