Anybody Good With Stocks?

i was just wonderin for tips to start up.

steel its at a all time low, once this recesson turns back the other way it will only get higher, but i would sit on it for 3-5 years

redivider said:

buy low, sell high... that's about it....

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thats probobly the simplist and most straightforward advice ive heard on this site, lol, for real

What kind of stock are you interested in? there are all kinds of options.
anyhow, here's a few techniques

I have been dabbling and looking over charts for years and after losing 75% of my capital in the last bull market (yes the bull not bear market), '05 to '07, have only just started getting the hang of it in the last 6 months; a nice time to buy here in Australia since its quite stable here and there is a massive resources market.. China baby

You need to spend years learning all the ins and outs and getting comfortable with it all.

Riding and recognising bubbles I think is the important thing, I remember when anything with the word Uranium in it back in '06 and '07 was easy trading, except I wasnt aware enough at the time to take advantage. Gold is the current bubble, resources are slowly coming back in, until China stops needing resources, which will probably be never its a good market.

Start learning chart basics. I use simple rules, only trade stocks with consistent volume, only stocks trending above long term averages and only stocks with good price volatility, a stock that doesnt move around much is probably never going to move around much.

I buy and sell on a weekly/bi weekly basis, buy in troughs and take short term profits.

jfgordon1 said:

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•Short-term techniques

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–Day trading

–Buying stock on margin (borrowing money)

–Selling short (borrowing stock)

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–Trading in options (predetermined price)​

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You want to lose money do any of these things, especially the first and second ones...

One quick thing you will learn when you start investing is that almost eveyone thinks they are an expert and know the HOTTEST stock at the time but most are wrong. The best tip I could give you would be to read read read. Learn how to properly value a company. It also depends on what your goal is (retirement, quick gains etc.) because that will make a huge difference in your stratgey.

I have been looking into the wwwgwpharm.com (US partners stock)Otsuka & Bayer Health Care.Not to mention the US Health Care fund purchased the majority of their stock.I might be wrong?But look's like the Law maker's here in the US are getting their chip's into place knowing their vote to legalize medical cannibis will ultimately pay off "BIG TIME"especially when every doctor in the US will be able to prescribe this medicine once it passes the FDA final approval & is licenced?Drug companies & politicle figure's are joined at the waist right?I might be crazy?But the picture that's being painted by these people clearly have green stroke's in it.~Just my 2 cent's~

I found this Pinky - Medical Marijuana, Inc. (MJNA.PK) http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=MJNA.PK#chart1:symbol=mjna.pk;range=1y;indicator=volume;charttype=line;crosshair=on;ohlcvalues=0;logscale=on;source=undefined

http://www.dividendgrowthinvestor.com/2008/12/best-dividends-stocks-for-long-run.html

I am holding
Wm
BMY
VZ
MO
CPNO
KMP

and came back with a 8.7% return in 09

High yield/ high dividend with a top 500 company.

In 13 years I will double my return every year after 13 thru dividends with companies that have a high yield.