advice help: I want to start to trade with stocks. - Help.com

You had best know exactly what you are doing if you want to invest in the “Day Market”, especially with its volatility right now!

However slow, long term investements are your best bet, but most people have a portfolio with a variety of funds/stocks to compensate for crappy ones.

The best info I can give you from personal experience is go for the smaller companies that have much smaller shares 6.38 (can’t really do fractions with this client). Call the company and check out there websites. The most important thing to research is empolyee contentment, because that says a lot about management. I generally stay away from companies that micro-manage and prefer companies that spend more money and time to make their employees happy! A happy employee is a customer service joy!

You should probably think of puting 15%-20% of your portfoilio into precious metals, diamonds, etc. As they always increase in value and once they are paid for they done ~smiles~ You don’t have to worry about sinking more cash into it like a dying investment.

If you really want the high risk and high return do commodities. I think coffee is the best. My dad put down 5K on coffee several years ago and the return was 440,000 dollars, but it could have just as easly been a bust. But the fast money is there!

Anyway, I hope you become a big stock tycoon, just keep you eyes on the shifting sands that is Wall Street ~smiles~.

I don’t know where you live, but if you want some serious inside information hang around the coffee shops and bistros that are off of Wall Street and snoop on peoples conversations. Find out who poeple are and keep an eye and ear on them!