Serious Question about Investments

[Rockafella Skank]

Flip through the phone book and find your nearest office for A. G. Edwards or Edward Jones. Both are top notch, conservative investment brokerages. Each is full service and neither have any proprietary products.

 

[huntmaster]

lilly-ICOS..they will be making cialis...you will be making cash..actually i have looked into this co.,stock took a tumble after the FDA held up the release of cialis...but you know its cumming

its allready here and it is hot--from what I read

 

[Spartacus]

fuck Ed jones..their local guy had my co. in both MCI and lucent..among other things..shit for brains

 

[KHMER ROGUE]

Why not take a CD out, Jumbo CD? They require mininum of 100,000 dollars.

Or invest in index mutual funds?

Just making suggestions.

 

[Rockafella Skank]

fuck Ed jones..their local guy had my co. in both MCI and lucent..among other things..shit for brains

But you loved him when you were making money. Don't feel so bad. Everybody got burned when the bubble burst.

 

[MrDbol]

Bro, I feel sorry for you. Looks like you will lose all your money very soon. Stay away from the stock market. Take my true and sincere advice. Brokerage firms are all frauds.

If you want to make some money. Invest in New York City real estate, and rent out your properties. Become a landlord. With the skyrocketing prices of NY real estate in 5 years you will double your money and have earned extra cash from the rental income. Real estate is the only way to go. Take my deepest and sincerest word, coming from a seasoned securities analyst. The stock market is a fraud, the only people that money are the people that fuck you over it.

 

[mrbill]

TXarmyguy....Please forget all the "hot" tips, short selling, options, investments that "can't" lose, etc. Best advice I read was from sofa george. Forget the "full service" brokers...Edward Jones, etc. remember they get paid on a commission basis for product that they sell. If you are going to get financial planning go with a quality fee-only service that has no incentive to sell you anything.

Here are a few basic ideas to consider:

1. Fully fund your roth IRA each yr, if you are single the limit has been raised to $3000 per yr, Fully fund your 401k each yr, SEP, SIMPLE, Keogh, etc. (whichever applies to your situation)

2. keep your investment portfolio diversified

3. do not expect the returns of previous years (pre 2000), that was a bubble that is not going to repeat itself anytime soon

 

[VicTusDeuS]

Bro, better Idea....Stay away from a broker and get a financial planner. They are two different things..anyone who tells you otherwise is ignorant in the investment world. Big companies like ML and Pru have brokers who claim to do planning but it is nothing -kinda like calling Olive Garden authentic Italian food.


The best advice I can give you right now is forget there are even online brokers. And stay away from stock message boards...people there will try to inflate or deflate the price of a stock because they probably have options and will only make money by it going down...

Bro, stay miles away from guys like GotMilk and listen to the advice you are getting from Big4Life.

I've lost an insane amount of money in the stock market - wiped out to ground zero - twice. (It truly sucks to rebuild only to blow it again.)

There are too many lessons you need to learn in the investment biz. While you learn them you need to place your assests in safe, secure investments. A couple reputable brokers can advise you on how to do that.

1. Do not take HOT tips from friends and people you meet over the internet. Hot tips are almost always losers... despite the sales pitch.
2. Do not invest in risk ventures. (Especially pre-IPO start ups.)
3. Have your broker diversify your assets.
4. Don't trade on margin - EVER.
5. Don't trade options - EVER.

 

[VicTusDeuS]

I am a financial planner. Although we are publicly traded, we do not have a seat on the exchage...we are also one of the largest and first financial planning companies in the country.
Getting rich quick is something that we do not believe in, our emphasis is long term wealth. Financial planning is actually a science that is very involved...After working for prudential and now at my new place I can tell you it is something very unique and unlike anything I've seen before.

TXarmyguy....Please forget all the "hot" tips, short selling, options, investments that "can't" lose, etc. Best advice I read was from sofa george. Forget the "full service" brokers...Edward Jones, etc. remember they get paid on a commission basis for product that they sell. If you are going to get financial planning go with a quality fee-only service that has no incentive to sell you anything.

Here are a few basic ideas to consider:

1. Fully fund your roth IRA each yr, if you are single the limit has been raised to $3000 per yr, Fully fund your 401k each yr, SEP, SIMPLE, Keogh, etc. (whichever applies to your situation)

2. keep your investment portfolio diversified

3. do not expect the returns of previous years (pre 2000), that was a bubble that is not going to repeat itself anytime soon

 

[huntmaster]

I would invest in a deer ranch!