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Investing How To?

Stunt

Stunt

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hey guys, had a birthday recently (21), based on my interest in global markets, and the good marks i have been recieving this year in university, my parents gave me a crazy present. They are hooking me up with an online stock trading company and $5000 to play with.

I have a pretty good idea of some of the companies i would like to invest in, but i would like to understand the financial side of investing such that i can see if the stock is under or over valued. Basically i'm looking for a website that will start explaining most of what is needed to start investing.

For the canadian online traders out there, any suggestions for who to go with?...i know they all have pretty good initial offers, but over the long term, which company is least likely to screw me over. (ie. Etrade canada, td waterhouse, charles schwab), I will be trading on TSX, DOW, and NASDAQ.

Any suggestions for me would be much appreciated.
Thanks guys, looking forward to some good suggestions.
 
A good place to start is at:

Quicken.com

If you are looking at an individual stock, there One-Click Scorecard is Excellent.
Can use several different analysis techniques.

Alsp there are several good links at bottom of this page.

mdcrab
 
what real estate can i get for $5000, besides im not looking for something that will hardly go down...
I want to do research, invest, critique my decisions...
 
Originally posted by: Jgtdragon
Best investment is in real estate, hardly ever go down. 🙂
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ummmm... now may not be a good time to be telling ppl that. wait for that interest rate hike that's coming, and then start counting the foreclosures... it is NOT going to be pretty I can tell you
 
I use Schwab, but you need a lot more than $5,000 to avoid quarterly "maintenance fees." eTrade USA has much lower balance requirements and lower cost for trades, the Canadian version is probably the same.

www.fool.com is one good info website.

I can't offer any advice on stock-picking since I have all of my stock money in mutual funds, the majority of it in S&P 500 index fund shares (Vanguard VFINX and Schwab's equivalent).
 
Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
I use Schwab, but you need a lot more than $5,000 to avoid quarterly "maintenance fees." eTrade USA has much lower balance requirements and lower cost for trades, the Canadian version is probably the same.

www.fool.com is one good info website.

I can't offer any advice on stock-picking since I have all of my stock money in mutual funds, the majority of it in S&P 500 index fund shares (Vanguard VFINX and Schwab's equivalent).
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as always, I agree that index/mutual funds are the way to go (vs. individual stocks).

If you really want to "actively" manage things, I would just do so based on countries/currencies for fun. For instance, if you think japan (or the yen) is undervalued, by japanese index funds (or EU funds if you like the euro, etc.).
 
Originally posted by: DeeKnow
Originally posted by: Jgtdragon
Best investment is in real estate, hardly ever go down. 🙂
Click to expand...

ummmm... now may not be a good time to be telling ppl that. wait for that interest rate hike that's coming, and then start counting the foreclosures... it is NOT going to be pretty I can tell you
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Actually, right now is the best time to invest in real estate. Fixed interest rates are still low. Foreclosure property actually make goods investment property too. You can get it on the cheap at a good rate.
 
Originally posted by: Queasy
Originally posted by: DeeKnow
Originally posted by: Jgtdragon
Best investment is in real estate, hardly ever go down. 🙂
Click to expand...

ummmm... now may not be a good time to be telling ppl that. wait for that interest rate hike that's coming, and then start counting the foreclosures... it is NOT going to be pretty I can tell you
Click to expand...

Actually, right now is the best time to invest in real estate. Fixed interest rates are still low. Foreclosure property actually make goods investment property too. You can get it on the cheap at a good rate.
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houses (or real estate) are very much like fixed income assets. A rate hike (as mentioned by deeknow) could be a very bad thing for your real estate holdings.
 
How/why is an interest rate hike bad for real-estate holdings? Why would there be foreclosures if the rates go up a bit? Most people are locked into fixed interest rates, aren't they???
 
I don't see why people are talking about real estate. How much real estate can you buy with $5000 Canadian? Seriously guys.

I don't know if canada does IRAs or not, if it does look into that. Pay off CC debt first. Invest it in a spider and forget about the money. Use discount brokers. Read the fool.com.
 
Originally posted by: Aztech
How/why is an interest rate hike bad for real-estate holdings? Why would there be foreclosures if the rates go up a bit? Most people are locked into fixed interest rates, aren't they???
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only in that it may make it harder for new buyers to fuel the market.
 
Originally posted by: Stunt
hey guys, had a birthday recently (21), based on my interest in global markets, and the good marks i have been recieving this year in university, my parents gave me a crazy present. They are hooking me up with an online stock trading company and $5000 to play with.

I have a pretty good idea of some of the companies i would like to invest in, but i would like to understand the financial side of investing such that i can see if the stock is under or over valued. Basically i'm looking for a website that will start explaining most of what is needed to start investing.



For the canadian online traders out there, any suggestions for who to go with?...i know they all have pretty good initial offers, but over the long term, which company is least likely to screw me over. (ie. Etrade canada, td waterhouse, charles schwab), I will be trading on TSX, DOW, and NASDAQ.



Any suggestions for me would be much appreciated.

Thanks guys, looking forward to some good suggestions.
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Don't you people read??? he has an online stock acct with $5000 already, he doesn't need or have the money to buy real estate, nor he needs tips on which online stock trading company is good! He needs investment tips, etc. 😛 How about some REITs? they are down because of fear of raising in interest rate.
 
According to Dr. David Kelly (I think that's his name) of Putnam Investments, who spoke at my investment company's wine and cheese event a couple nights ago, real estate isn't a good investment right now. He said that home building is outpacing home buying too far, which means soon when rate hikes come there will be too many new houses on the market.

My .02

I'm 21 and I have $6000 (a bit less due to initial costs) invested in the Calamos Growth Fund right now. CVGRX if you want to look at it. That's what my investment company recommended to me for a 4-year holding.
 
Hey does anyone know how to find the projected earnings for the entire S&P 500? Preferably for the next 4 quarters (1 year).
 
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