Just want some advice on good to invest in.

 

  • Max M 1:04 pm on March 9, 2010

    The stocks you want to focus on is consumer staples, consumer discretionary, and healthcare. These are DEFENSIVE stocks that will survive through good and bad times. Most of my positions are in these stocks. Some names include 3M, Procter & Gamble, Kimberly Clark, Exxon Mobil, Walmart, Costco. Everybody’s got to eat and wipe their butts regardless of the state of economy. Many of these companies survived through the Great Depression.

    That’s the benefits. You can sleep at night knowing your money is doing well. There are NO guarantees that you won’t lose money. It’s just that these stocks are the best. They pay good dividends too.

  • Akash 1:05 pm on March 9, 2010

    To be quite frank in this regard, when a person look at stock investing only from the point of view of returns (or profits) a person would be at the mercy of the market; and the person would win some while loosing some.

    For any reasonable success you may desire with regard to stock (market) investing, it would be prudent to look at the various risks (both systemic and non-systemic) faced by you and how to reduce, control or manage them.

    Sincerely,

    Akash
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  • Adam J 1:05 pm on March 9, 2010

    I like Apple (AAPL). The company is really quite inexpensive (ie it has a low PE ratio) considering it’s growth trajectory and the introduction of the iPad.

    Note that I’d be a little bit leery of investing in the stock market at the moment– I think that a lot of the stimulus money kicked in by governments to fight the recession is drying up, Europe is in pretty bad shape, and the market is really expecting pretty smooth sailing from here. A sharp drop is by no means out of the question…