I'm thinking about re-entering the stock market.  I have been considering this for a while and I'm leaning towards energy companies and mostly DJIA stocks.  Anyone else invest in the stock market?  What do you include in your portfolio?  What are high risk stocks you consider?

I'm thinking about re-entering the stock market.  I have been considering this for a while and I'm leaning towards energy companies and mostly DJIA stocks.  Anyone else invest in the stock market?  What do you include in your portfolio?  What are high risk stocks you consider?

 

Man its tough to know. I got HP when they were pretty low and that has worked out. I honestly keep my 201K mostly in the lower gain stuff because it has been doing really well.

 

I also picked up Apple at $453 thinking it was a bargain. hasn't worked out yet. lol

I've invested (small-time mind you) in a couple of the oil companies and have seen decent returns over the last few years. Oil is relatively safe, at least for now, and if it dips I'd go in because it's almost guaranteed to pop back up.

I've always felt that tech stocks were some of the riskiest. So much of that stuff is fly-by-night and nothing is really concrete and tech can be replaced or made irrelevant so fast, companies have to really keep up. Of course being that it is riskier, there is also potential for much larger short-term gains.

VDAIX

VGHCX

VSGAX

VASVX

DODGX

MPGFX

FLPSX

PRSVX

VDAIX

VGHCX

VSGAX

VASVX

DODGX

MPGFX

FLPSX

PRSVX

 

I suspect you are a Boglehead, and if you aren't a Boglehead get over to their forum immediately...http://www.bogleheads.org/forum/index.php

 

As for the thread creator and anybody else, read Graham's Intelligent Investor: http://www.amazon.com/Intelligent-Investor-Definitive-Investing-Practical/dp/0060555661/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1374086362&sr=1-1&keywords=the+intelligent+investor

Sauromsis,

 

Thanks for the info regarding the Boglehead forum.  I will check it out.

As for the funds on my recommended list, all of them are in my current portfolio.  Several have been there for nearly 10 years.

 

Sadowsk1, good luck on your investment picks.

I avoid stocks, at least as of right now.  I try to only enter the market when it is at a low point, or severely undervalued (Example: Ford at $1.50 in late 2008).  Otherwise I see too great of a risk, especially with the economy running on Viagra... I wish you the best if you enter the market, but always remember, don't get slaughtered.

I avoid stocks, at least as of right now.  I try to only enter the market when it is at a low point, or severely undervalued (Example: Ford at $1.50 in late 2008).  Otherwise I see too great of a risk, especially with the economy running on Viagra... I wish you the best if you enter the market, but always remember, don't get slaughtered.

 

Good job for entering the market at late 2008.  It takes a lot of guts to enter at that time.  Also, it is very difficult to time the market, even for financial professionals who are paid to invest for others.

 

IMHO, after setting aside a conservative cushion in a savings account, it is important to (1) have some well-chosen equities in one's portfolio, (2) diversify and (3) have a longer term investment horizon.

Good job for entering the market at late 2008.  It takes a lot of guts to enter at that time.  Also, it is very difficult to time the market, even for financial professionals who are paid to invest for others.

 

IMHO, after setting aside a conservative cushion in a savings account, it is important to (1) have some well-chosen equities in one's portfolio, (2) diversify and (3) have a longer term investment horizon.

This is just my opinion, it is never difficult for me to buy when the mark is tanking (or in that case tanked).  I find it difficult to buy in times when the market is "strong" simply because I am afraid something or someone will pull the plug on it and watch everything come crashing down.  If one can learn to time a market, a lot of money can be made off of it, if one buys in when it is hitting record highs, I would say that they are taking a lot of risks.  Now if the market was cut in half again (or worse), I wouldn't think twice about buying different stocks that were hit hard.  I personally would love for another time to buy Ford for as cheap as I did.  Another part of me wishes I would have sold now, instead of at $11, and another part wishes I had the ability to buy more.  But that goes to my point: Don't get slaughtered.

 

In case anyone wants to know my thoughts on the market currently, I think it is really overvalued.  Too much of the increase has come artificially, I don't know whether the risk/reward on it are worth it anymore.  This is my thought for entering, if you are in it already, I might think differently.

Talk about bubbles...

Talk about bubbles...

 

Um, what about the stock market seems unstable to you Lol.

Um, what about the stock market seems unstable to you Lol.

The stock market isn't unstable until it is.  What happens after a peak?

I got burned on a few stocks due to greed.     Moved my $ to something more predictable like these interlocking plastic bricks originated in Denmark

Feel free to laugh if you want but I think penny stocks are where its at. Its a lot of work but its low risk and there is plenty of money to be made if you know what you are doing.

just ford, nyse:f  paid 14.00 a share its at about 16.70 now..

Feel free to laugh if you want but I think penny stocks are where its at. Its a lot of work but its low risk and there is plenty of money to be made if you know what you are doing.

I think that there is money to be made in all areas of the market.  On average, penny stocks are not as well followed and not as widely held by institutional investors.  On average, penny stocks have higher beta/volatility than other stocks.

 

Not sure if I agree with you that investing in penny stock is low risk though.  If you plan to invest $1,000, you will just buy more shares of a penny stock than if you are investing in a non-penny stock.

I am a rookie in stock market investing so what I meant by low risk is that you don't have to invest large amounts of money. Plus from what I have seen there are many of these types of stock that do quite well percentage wise. Buying at 50 cents and selling at 55 or 60 cents might seem like small potatoes to most but that is a great % gain. Like I said I am new to stock investinging so pardon my rookie comments lol

Feel free to laugh if you want but I think penny stocks are where its at. Its a lot of work but its low risk and there is plenty of money to be made if you know what you are doing.

 

Tickers please. 

VXX

I thought this talk was not relevant to Brickpickers?

The odds and ends section was created to discuss anything that is not gonna start huge arguments I.E. politics.

I got in on a few in 2008 during the down time and made a few extra hundred. Basically I just amped up my Roth during that time, but I didn't pay much attention to the stocks themselves, just saw that the dude at the bank was picking them for me well and gave him the thumbs up to go in a few more percentage points. I wish I would've been more proactive myself and bought more on my own. The oil stock I purchased several shares in was around 30 bucks a share at the time and is now sitting just under 70.

We invest in mutual funds - a broad spectrum of them from conservative to... not.   We simply invest steadily and let the market do its thing. When it takes a nosedive, we invest more. We're in it for the long term, though, we don't try to do any fancy flipping.

 

Having worked in a tax office for many years and observed the very sad tax returns of 95% of day traders, I never got the urge to try that particular form of gambling.

Ddd, nflx, gild, nly and spwr are stocks I own.

I'm more of a monthly trader than day trader.  85% of my brokerage 'play money' is sitting in money market just waiting for the right time to jump back in.  The two that I own are BP and QEP.  I've averaged 5% gains a year for the past 5 years.