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What stocks would you invest in now or in the near future?

(just a sample of things I've looked at over the past couple of years)

Yahoo is $12
Google down 1/2 but still rediculous at over $300
Cysco down by 1/2 at $16
Disney at $22

What do you see that's a good investment?
 
dont invest in companies that are only worth stuff on paper, go for companies that actually have assets.

ie: yahoo is probably a bad bet.
 
elpmis said:
i wouldn't invest in anything right now

us treasuries and/or bonds ftw
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He's right, it hasn't bottomed out yet and uncertainty of when there's going to be a dead cat bounce is minimal, especially with all this talk about suspending our markets until the "crises" is resolved.

Treasuries and Bonds are not high yield, but safe in a time of volatility. This is where the safe money will go, and thus the demand for already created bonds and treasuries will go up. I think now until Christmas these will be the safest bet.

If you really think you're Gordon Gekko and have to tell people you own stocks, blue chip retail such as Tesco or Sainsbury's in the UK is safe. Apply the principle of whether or not their SUPPLIERS ARE SAFE before you invest, most businesses with a focus on supply are finding this trading environment tough, but you can always gamble with a retail at this time of the year provided it's backbone is rigid.

Techstox? I'd rather bite my own scrotum.
 
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elpmis said:
i wouldn't invest in anything right now

us treasuries and/or bonds ftw
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Are you insane? You should be pouring money into the market right now. Just because it isn't the "bottom" doesn't mean that stocks aren't beaten up AND A DEAL. Buy all the way down to the bottom man. Additionally, you never know where the bottom is until it finally turns around and guess what? Its too late then!

And btw, investing in individual stocks is silly - unless you're just playing around and in that case might as well just bet on football...
 
elpmis said:
i wouldn't invest in anything right now

us treasuries and/or bonds ftw
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Buy low... >.> <.< >.>

Bonds are always safe, except like insanely low interest ones, then you lose out on inflation.
 
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Buy low? There's no bounce. The volatility index is suggesting that unless these concurrent rescue plans work, we're going to stop the markets and reset a base rate of trading. Both Italy and Germany are pushing for this.

If you're planning on the dead cat bounce, then don't buy now. The stock hasn't bottomed out yet and you're onto a loser which will prove difficult to offload at market price. There's pretty much no indicators suggesting BUY NOW as opposed to one months time, leave it until then and see what flags we have.
 
Market trends for Bonds are up as demand for a safe storage increases.

My father has money in gold and other comods, which seems to have paid off very well for him after he pulled all his money out of stocks in 2002.
 
when stocks go down, precious metals like gold and silver go up.

when stocks go up, precious metals go way back down... i've always been told to balance my portfolio with gold just for times like these.
 
gold is finite, unlike most other investments.

gold has always traded somewhat high as it is a safe bet with a nice yield.

agri comods have been going up and up and up for the past year. one fund which had a buy in of 5k is now trading around 14k. not too bad for a years faith.
 
polo said:
Buy low? There's no bounce. The volatility index is suggesting that unless these concurrent rescue plans work, we're going to stop the markets and reset a base rate of trading. Both Italy and Germany are pushing for this.

If you're planning on the dead cat bounce, then don't buy now. The stock hasn't bottomed out yet and you're onto a loser which will prove difficult to offload at market price. There's pretty much no indicators suggesting BUY NOW as opposed to one months time, leave it until then and see what flags we have.
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If you're following indicators, you're already behind the curve. Even if it hasn't bottomed out yet, the knee jerk reaction of sheep to pull out has created a market technically worth more than its valued.
 
fly said:
If you're following indicators, you're already behind the curve. Even if it hasn't bottomed out yet, the knee jerk reaction of sheep to pull out has created a market technically worth more than its valued.
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Nothing is more informed than a solvent market.

Why pull money out? You're imagining that someone WANTS to buy your stock at market price. You're also imagining that someone wants to SELL that stock at market price, both expectations.

The stock hasn't bottomed out, and won't. There's the small matter of an election next tuesday which always impacts, even globally. Our FTSE is where I hold some stocks, and I hold one in the ISEQ. None are paying off, and yet I hold them. Even if I tried to sell I don't have a hope in hell.

When the market is bottoming out, then there'll be a buy frenzy. Europe hasn't figured out which measure is the best yet for restabilizing the markets. When that happens, then it's time to buy. Until then, I hope you like bungee jumping.
 
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