Which Stocks Do You Have?

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arkmann

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I recently decided to play the stock market with an online broker. I was wondering as to which stocks you guys have and which ones do you think is a good buy?

I personally have two stocks which are
1. AKAM
2. MO

Akamai is a world leader in web applications and Altria Group (MO) is the parent company oh Philip Morris (tobacco).

I expect a lot of posts... hopefully
 
walmart, dont remember the other 2
 
I bought 10 shares of google last year for about $300 per share. I recently sold it for around $530 per share.

Other stocks I have at the moment are WRLD, GFRE, and FXC.

I'm thinking about playing some penny stocks again. They are very risky and nothing to hold long-term. But, if you play them right, you can make a few grand pretty quickly. Unfortunately, you could lose the same amount pretty quickly as well.
 
I dont have any stock but my parents have shares in HP.
 
If you like the 6% + dividends of MO you will like the dividends of PHI. PHI is PLDT in the Philippines and trades on the New York stock exchange as PHI. It just paid about $ 3 of dividends per share for better than 6% yield.

Other worthwhile dividend plays I own are CIM and PSEC. both yield better than 10% dividends but they are Financial companies and can be very volatile. Actually I don't own them for the dividends. I trade them on the volatility. I buy them when they drop after the ex-dividend date, which they just did and sell them soon after they declare dividends every quarter. I do better than the dividend yields that way. People tend to overreact on the buy and the sell sides of them.

Other worth while dividend plays are the oil and gas companies like BP and ECA. There are many others.

If you want diversification with dividends there are ETFs for many industries, countries, and investing style. I trade the ETFs of Vanguard, Claymore, PowerShares, State Street, Ishares, and Wisdom Tree.

If you believe in the recovery of the housing market you may consider Real Estate Investment Trusts, aka REITs.

For guidance on the direction of the different markets there are many web sites that provide them for free. My favorites are

http://www.uncommonwisdomdaily.com/

http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/

http://www.etftrends.com/

http://www.reuters.com/

http://www.marketwatch.com/
 
Great post gudenuf. Where can I find information regarding publicly traded companies from the Philippines?

Since I'm a newbie, I never really paid much attention to dividends and yield but mainly to the company performance over the years and other factors.
 
arkmann;4047471; said:
Great post gudenuf. Where can I find information regarding publicly traded companies from the Philippines?

Since I'm a newbie, I never really paid much attention to dividends and yield but mainly to the company performance over the years and other factors.
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The only other Philippine company listed on US exchanges, I know is San Miguel Corporation with trading symbol SMGBY and pays a better than 2% dividend. If you can trade on the Philippine exchanges here's the link to the Philippine exchange:

http://www.pse.org.ph/

Click on the "Listed Companies" and get all the stocks listed there in Alphabetical order. Each company listed provides a link for more info.

All Companies go up and they also go down. If you are patient you can buy them when they are down and sell when they go up. Ever heard the advise buy low and sell high? That the only way to go if you want to make money in the stock market. Dividend paying stocks pay you while you are waiting.

research Bollinger Bands. It's one of the tools I use to guide my trading and investing. I also adhere to the guidance provided by Warren Buffet when he said "Buy when others are fearful and sell when others are greedy" aka the buy low sell high strategy.

BTW you can do Bollinger Band analysis on any listed stock on Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg, or CNBC for free, by the click of your mouse..
 
Angler;4045555; said:
I'm thinking about playing some penny stocks again. They are very risky and nothing to hold long-term. But, if you play them right, you can make a few grand pretty quickly. Unfortunately, you could lose the same amount pretty quickly as well.
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I day/swing trade penny stocks :naughty:
 
krzr3000;4047621; said:
I day/swing trade penny stocks, works out nicely :naughty:
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Yes, it can work out very nicely if you take the time to learn how to play them, and if you have the time to constantly keep an eye on them. I haven't played them in a while because with my current work hours, I just can't constantly watch them.
 
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