Posted on 12/04/2017 2:37:57 AM PST by SteveH
any recommendations?
I look more for PEs that show profit, but not really low PEs. I also look for new products with patents and good news about them and for resources that will be increasing in use. I don’t have much stock, and am not looking to buy anything in this market.
for later
Vanguard S&P 500 Index.
dow at 24000 by the end of last week, so how about 25000 by the end of this week?
marketwatch
dec 4 2017
thanks, will look into
Hey, it’s still quite an accomplishment and shows how the American dream and the ability to amass a good sum of wealth is within reach of all if we employ savings discipline and spending restraint - all the things we were taught to us but have been wantonly discarded by most of the entitled recipients of welfare and government handouts.
For what it’s worth, Vanguard mutual funds are noted for their low fees, including the funds mirror different aspects of the market: S&P 500, low cap, mid cap, large cap, world, etc. Mutual funds trade at prices set at the end of the day.
Vanguard also offers ETFs that trade at whatever their value is at the moment, but you buy them through a broker and thus pay the broker’s fee per trade.
If you buy individual stocks, wisdom says you shouldn’t have more than 4% of you portfolio in any given stock. GE was trading at $25 as recently as September, announced a dividend cut/restructuring and now is trading at around $18—painful if all of your eggs were in the GE basket.
;) Thank you!
Nine years ago I recommended S&P 500 Index Funds. It’s probably a little late, now.
Do you shine shoes?
Very good advice - a lot better than my previous snarky comment.
I could sit here and give you individual stock recommendations, but you really need to learn what makes a company a good investment. For beginners, look for a low price to earnings ratio (P&E) under about 20 and not over 25, the available cash on hand the company has, and how much it pays in dividends and how long it has been paying those dividends. Just for an example, look at AT&T.
Of course, there is a whole lot more to it than this. You are going to have to do your homework to be successful at this. And, don’t “day trade” investment stocks! Look to make long term investments.
Personally, I would definitely pass on investing in Brinks.
See?
1. MAGA
2. FRAK
Enjoy the ride.
Dodge and Cox. When I graduated college and started my professional career in 1993, I had a little money to invest. I saw an article called “the one fund to own if you only own one fund”. It was a recommendation for Dodge and Cox stock.
They have been around since the 1930’s. They have a team that manages the funds. Even though they are now one of the largest mutual funds companies, they only have 3 or 4 different funds that they manage.
Returns are very good (better than the S&P since I have been investing in them) and expenses are low.
They have a number of good index funds. But this is long term investing. Buy and hold.
I cancelled my ge buy order and submitted a Netflix buy order
Maybe , How much are you paying me?
I’m not cheap!
Wouldn’t touch anything that isn’t an index fund myself... but I am a passive investor
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