the general consensus for 2010 seems to be just avoiding housing and health care sectors for obvious reason..

you never know with people, the world is full of crazies haha

im investing heavily into "the world's most powerful z34" my car!!! shoot for the money put down already it would have been a really nice down payment on a home!

I've got a 3% income employer contribution to my 401K so I actually have the spread a bit riskier than I would if it were all my own money. I don't actually manage it at the level of individual funds, but I believe I'm about 30% cash, 50% mutual funds from a variety of sources and about 20% stock.

M4Mustang might have some suggestions, that's his line of work.

This. One of the underlying themes in most of the best stock books I've read is that asking for a stock tip, and giving a stock tip, are bad ideas. It's best to engage in ongoing market education and make your own path.

I'm completely out of the market for the rest of 2010 except for about $10k I'm using to play with or test strategies. With the return of volatility there is opportunity to make some quick cash...or lose it.

From an investment standpoint I'm thinking about flipping a house this year...however even that doesn't look 100% appealing right now. If the banks start letting go of their foreclosure inventory, anyone who wants a cheap house will have the chance.

Well, My Eli Lilly was flying until one of their most promising drugs got sent back to the drawing board by the Feds.

But I'm still way ahead and the dividend rules.

Made nice buys this year on Goldman Sachs and Boeing.

I'm almost back to where I was before the '08 crash. :icon14: That makes me nervous, took some profits on Boeing last week. Most of my $$$$ is in stocks, the rest is cash just sitting waiting for another dive if it comes.

did someone say the sky is falling?

BTW I had too much ******* caffeine trying to study for a midterm and it has been 100% detrimental as my feet are tapping faster that a humming birds wings....

Any body do any investing?
 

I was wondering if anyone does any investing like via eTrade or scotttrade or any of the online brokers. I do a little and I thought we could get a little discussion going on our thoughts on the market.

1. also anything said here should not be taken as serious investing advice.
2. I figured putting this in the premium section would be better to keep the rif-raff out

I watch Jim Cramers Mad Money most evenings. Its a great was to put an hour on the treadmill every night.

So post your thoughts about this crazy market. what areas you are investing in. any market news or why you think the market is up or down.

Im pretty much a novice with the day trade stuff, I leave most of my investments with my guy at Edward Jones. but i like to feel involved a little.


Most of my stocks are pretty safe, Apple, Ford, Verizon, Exxon/Mobil.

some of my speculative plays include Skyworks Solutions, Micron Tech(both getting rough because of the Japan business) These companies produce the raw materials for lots of Apple products including the iPad2 and iPhones

I have Boeing too but not many shares.

It's my job. :)

I'm pretty into investing. I have a lot of good friends that are pretty high up at different companies that like to give me stock tips about their companies. It's been amazing, most people lose money when they try to invest, but I've seen such huge profits. It's so easy, it's hard to believe it's legal.

yeah its easy to lose a lot of money. thats why I let other people manage most of my stuff. but its fun to play around a little. Its something else to learn how to work and make a little on the side. Hopefully I do well enough to get some extra mods for the Z

this Japan business killed some of my stocks, starting to come back though. I sold my apple just before it went way down and re-bought when it was about 10 pts lower than what i sold so i did pretty good on that one

I've always wanted to do some investing, but the process always frustrates me. It's like a foreign language. Is e-Trade or other online sites really that easy to get started?

:bowrofl: