What's a stock strategy that works?
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There is no such a fixed strategy. The market is a 'alive' thing because it is controlled by people. Once you discover some strategy that earns you lots of profit, that strategy can't be used for long period of time because someone else will know it and even improve it. It goes like that all the time. \n\nWhat I know through experience, you will know the strategy that suits you and earn you profits by yourself. Just focus in certain of products of the markets, study their characteristics and their relationship with the market, and keep learning. There is always something new every single day in the market.
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They're all good to watch. Not many worth buying, unless you like being manipulated.\n\nAnyone with a million dollars or so can pump and dump these stocks and send their prices soaring, so that you get in, then plunging, so that you lose everything very fast. \n\nOr the average guy, you for example, can start a new company building furniture. It's decent stuff and you have it built in the Caymans so your cost is cheap and you make money. Take the company public and issue stock with an IPO. \n\nWhen the stock soars on the IPO, sell your shares and start a subsidiary, and put all your money into that new company making T-shirts. Of course, the furniture company's stock fell considerably, because you took all of the cash out. \n\nWhen you make money on T-shirts, go public, and when the IPO soars, sell your shares, and buy back the furniture stock at depressed levels. Of course, the T-shirt stock goes down the tubes, because you pulled the cash out, but hey, you're making a killing onthe stock.\n\nThis is legal manipulation. You've been warned. Penny stocks are very risky for a reason, or lots of reasons. Buy something with known value, that's been around awhile, and will continue to be around. So what if you can't buy as many shares? You can still double your money, and reduce your risk in half, by investing in the future of a stable company not ran or manipulated by shysters.
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buying a put is fine however if stock stays flat, put will lose what is known as time value.  Put expires, which isn't to your advantage when you are thinking stock is going down.  You can hold short for a while, especially if it is not moving :).\nHowever if stock is moving up, you are protected :).  \nWhat you can do is buy call, buy put..that's known as a stradle.  So you can benefit from upside or downside movement.  The key is to find a stock that likes to move a lot (GOOG =D )\n\nAleks
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There aren't any "good" stocks in a "bad" market. All ships rise and fall on the tide.\n\nWatch for the Downtrend of over 900 pts in the Dow to be broken, then look at "investing" again. The stocks that turn up quickest, or decline the least, are what you're looking for.\n\nThe stock price tells you whick ones are "good," not a hot tip.\n\nThere is no one indicator, there is no get rich quick scheme, there is no pot at the end of the rainbow. \n\nLike any vocation, investing or trading takes hard work, lots of study, and the testing of your theories, learning what makes you tick, learning your own particular time and stress levels, and fighting the emotions of fear, greed, and loss of hope.\n\nThere can be no great success in trading (life) without great commitment, hard work, discipline, and the realization of the “right” type of thinking.\n\nIt is the trader’s attitudes, beliefs, and discipline that ultimately yield results. Courage and positive attitudes combined with sound market principles and methods will, in time, result in the desired outcome. Your persistence and determination to succeed is, in the final analysis, the critical element.
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I started by starting a Mutual Fund and having the bank deduct a certain amout from my account each month. Then later I started buying individual stocks later on. Has worked well for me.
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Coach is a good stock... it getting better every year its steady... EBAY is a good one though
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Stocks, after their IPO, can go up or down.  \n\nBe very careful. If you're putting money into something that you know nothing about, know little about the mechanics, don't know what will make the stock go up or down and/or can't afford to lose this money - then this is gambling.\n\nMy recommendation is to save your money, invest in prudent investments for your situation.  This doesn't necessarily mean that you can't take on risk for high returns - it just means that you need to be careful and should probably do more homework before blindly throwing your money around.  You work hard for your money, don't neglect it. Treat it with respect and it will treat you nicely.
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Personally, I'm not a big fan of AIM.  It works great for a volatile sideways moving stock, but makes you sell a stock on an upward trend and load up on a downward trending stock.  The trick is finding the right kind of stock, one that you can be sure will oscillate without going into a long-term trend.\n\nHowever, having said that, there is an active AIM group over at Investor's Hub.  Here are four of their forums:\n\nA.I.M. Users Bulletin Board (AIMUSERS)\nhttp://investorshub.com/boards/board.asp?board_id=949\n\nA.I.M. PIC List (aimpic)\nhttp://investorshub.com/boards/board.asp?board_id=1010\n\nA.I.M. For Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)\nhttp://investorshub.com/boards/board.asp?board_id=1292\n\nA.I.M. "In Depth" Q&A (AIMQ&A)\nhttp://investorshub.com/boards/board.asp?board_id=992\n\nYou'll find a number of FAQ and methodology references over there as well.  For example:\n\nAIM Users Home Page:\nhttp://www.aim-users.com/index.html\n\nAIM Weekly Newsletter (free):\nhttp://www.aim-users.com/3bbs.htm\n\nAIM Stock Examples:\nhttp://www.aim-users.com/pic.htm\n\nSoftware for AIM accounts:\nhttp://www.aim-users.com/aimware.htm\n\nAIM FAQ's:\nhttp://www.aim-users.com/qanda.htm
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Doing some research would help.\n\nThere are plenty of earnings reports coming out now, as well as many private equity buyouts, mergers and acquisitions.  If you are looking for a quick buck (aren't we all?) you should follow these things closely in the news and try to find an arbitrage opportunity.\n\nThese opportunities do not last long.  Vigilance is key.
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Work Hard, Be Patient, and learn to say NO at certain times.. Thats the key to stock trading..
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If I were you I would definitely stay out of the stock market altogether right now.  You need WAY more knowledge than it appears you have and any money you "invest" without knowing what you are doing is basically just outright gambling.\n\nAlso, you say is there a good "stock" when in fact the most important rule is to diversify and buy many stocks. If you buy only one, it could go bankrupt, which has happened to me twice in the past when I was young and didn't know better.\n\nWhen you do buy stock though, one good strategy is to find a product or service that has just come on the market and you and your friends love it.  If it is that good, then probably lots of other people will love it as well, which means more sales and more profit for that company.  Just make sure it is a product/service that is innovative and just came out, like....krispy kreme when people were first getting into it.
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DO NOT buy 4 stocks. Buy 4 diversified mutual funds. VFINX, NAESX, VUSTX, and VINEX.\n\nRebalanced quarterly shifting assets from low performers to the highest performers. This is a classic Momentum strategy.\n\nBuying 4 hitech stocks may make you very rich or very poor
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Well, the old addage is true...it takes money to make money.  The more you have to invest, the more you can make.  I've made $30K in one day based on one buy of $100K worth of the stock.\n\nOne word:  RESEARCH\n\nRemember, the more you invest, the more you can LOSE too!!!
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I'm buying carefully chosen stocks that appear to be very undervalued with big moats.  \n\nI sold out a lot of positions just before the fall so have plenty of cash - planning on putting about half of it back in the market between now and mid July.
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I have a great trading pair for you.  Basically you pick 2 stocks that are very similar, but you think one is better than the other.  So you short the one you don't like (Sell-short) and go long on the one you do like.  I think wind energy is going to be a better investment than coal, so I want to go long on Florida Power and Light (FPL), because they are the nation's largest owner of wind farms.  I want to sell-short TXU, because they are planning on building up to 10 new coal-fired power plants.  \n\nNow, even if both stocks go down, as long as FPL goes down less than TXU, you will make money.\n\nIf you are looking for other strategies, and to see what the best traders are buying and selling, I would suggest http://www.top10traders.com - this is a free site that lets you create a portfolio of stocks with $100,000 in "play" money.  Each day the site ranks the best performing portfolios, so you can see how your picks perform compared to other investors.  You can also read posts on investing from the best traders, as well as share your own investing ideas.\n\nHere are this month's best traders:\n\nhttp://www.top10traders.com/Top10Standings.aspx\n\nGood luck!
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There are really no "better sites" for that. Just pick one of the big names like ameritrade or scottrade. As far as making money, when you short a stock you are betting that the value of the stock will decrease over time. So if you think company x is going to do poorly and you short(sell) them at 10 dollars a share and then later buy them back at 5 dollars a share you will have made 5 dollars a share minus trading costs.
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Do your own research and don't rely on other people's "tips"   I started doing my own stock screening and research this past year and I've earned higher returns this year than in years past.  Based on personal experience, most stock tips are useless.