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Friends,

I know the main goal of our forum is to discuss entrepreneurship mainly.  I am however wondering if there are discussions anywhere on this forum regarding investing wisely?

Are there direct discussions regarding particular stocks and funds per se.  I do not intend to start speculation - simply a question as I am a market investor myself.

Curious to hear everyone`s thoughts?

There is nothing here like that.  However, Yahoo finance has messsage boards for nearly all listed stocks. 

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Travis Tschepen
Hibachi Bros. LLC

--My goal in life is to be as good of a person my dog already thinks I am.--

If you want to invest wisely, you need to know your level of comfort with risk taking.  Being entrepreneurs, most of us are comfortable with risk.  When it comes to the stock/commodity markets, you have to bring it down.  Most people do not belong in the commodities markets.  On investing in stocks, you need to have a plan for entering the market and for exiting the market -- and I don`t mean buy low sell high.  If you buy Stock X at a certain price, you should know before you buy it at what point you will sell it.  Let`s say you buy Stock X at $20/share.  You should have a mental stop loss point where you`ll sell the stock if it loses--that point should be 20-25% of the highest dollar figure the stock has traded.  You should also have a point where you`ll sell your shares to take profit.  Most people don`t.  You should never put all your eggs in one basket.  Diversify -- and that doesn`t mean buy a whole bunch of different stocks in the same arena (such as all energy stocks).  It means putting a portion in Arena A, a portion into Arena B, etc.
Don`t rely on somebody`s "hot tip."  Rarely will you make money on it.  If you read investment newsletters, you`ll learn to read between the lines.  Alot of them are simply trying to sell you a subscription to something else.  It seems like every week they`ve come up with the best thing since sliced bread for investment strategy.  If you don`t understand an investment then DON"T invest in it.  You have to remember, by the time most of the gurus of the investment world are touting a particular stock, it`s already too high to buy. Do read a good number of investment newsletters to find the author you like the best.  Another technique for finding ideas of stocks to invest in is go to all the mutual funds you think you like and find out their top 10 investments.  Then invest in the ones that are held by several funds.  Don`t try to "time the market."  Very few can do it successfully.  Don`t trade on margin, because you can get a margin call at any time.  Do find sectors that you like and buy in those sectors and remember that sectors can be cyclical.  Do not give stockbrokers the authority to trade your account.  Trade it yourself, but do not day trade (get in and out of the market many times throughout the day to capture tiny amounts of profit).

I was in the legal department of Heinold Commodities and worked at the MidAmerica Commodity Exchange a couple of decades ago.  I do all of my own investing, which is for retirement.  And yes, I`ve made mistakes (all investors do).  I`ve also more than tripled my money since 2000.

Hope this info is helpful.

very good insight - thanks a ton

You should firstly know the options available to you. When you want to create a stable portfolio, it is a real good idea to make a strong effort to learn all you can about the various techniques of investing, understanding the stock market and mutual funds, as well as products in which you can successfully invest. You may even want to invest in foreign properties or consider the FOREX market.

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