This is for a project in my econ class. I am theoretically going to be investing ,000 split into 5 or more seperate companies on the NYSE. I want something fairly stable but with a good potential of going up (obviously). I am trying to make the most profit over the next three months– there are extra credit points at stake! I’m just starting to learn about this stuff, so I need advice from someone with more substantial experience in this field. Thanks!
i can only make 60 in 3 months
and i have already bought yahoo, Exxon Mobil, and other oil company, and the last i bought Hershey.

 

  • Gemelli2 9:03 am on March 12, 2010 Permalink

    I would go with 2 closed end mutual funds for the dividends, 2 growth stocks and 1 really speculative play….
    you did not say if you had to hold these stocks for the 3 months….or how often you can trade…or if the money has to be split evenly ….

    assuming that you have to hold these for the duration
    peo, ifn, iaf, cee, rne, usa, gre, gim
    for the dividends….and some growth
    sndk, mu, hnsn, goog, appl, vod, nok
    for growth…[no or negligible dividend]

    china mobile, china telecom, china ..china …china for the possibility of explosive growth…but ONLY if you can trade out out them at any time….they are very speculative and can dive just as fast as they climb….

    if you cannot trade out….
    igt, lm, jnc, jns, trow, lm, geo, utx, txt, cx

    good luck

  • Rick D 9:03 am on March 12, 2010 Permalink

    Go for oil companies

  • Mikey S 9:03 am on March 12, 2010 Permalink

    Do you only get extra credit points IF you get the highest increase in the value of your portfolio?

    If that is the case, I would invest in something HIGHLY speculative. And put all your baskets in speculative stocks and hope for a winner.

    Here are a few speculative (RISKY aka HIGH UPSIDE AND DOWNSIDE) names:
    CROX (Going to release earnings soon, if good the stock will explode, if bad it wil get destroyed)
    VCLK (Value Click, rumored takover target right now)
    GOOG
    AAPL