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slicksilver

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What is the best site to understanding the stock market? For some reason investing in stocks has never been appealing to me. All the time my circle complains of how much money they lost yada yada.

I'd like to understand the basics and fundamentals of investing in the stock market. Yes I do know how to search in google but I'm looking for the best stock market education site.

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El Guaraguao

El Guaraguao

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I dont have any links but you can read the official stock thread here on ATOT. Also watch cnbc. I know im gonna catch a lot of flack for this but mad money on cnbc is also a good place to learn.
 
Scouzer

Scouzer

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El Guaraguao said:
I dont have any links but you can read the official stock thread here on ATOT. Also watch cnbc. I know im gonna catch a lot of flack for this but mad money on cnbc is also a good place to learn.
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tokie

tokie

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I wouldn't get involved in the stock market if I were you. It is an awful place where the only people who make big money are the ones with inside info. Otherwise it is essentially a random walk.

Try and look for high yielding bonds and other investments.
 
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richardycc

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Apr 29, 2001
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noone knows the market, it's like the opposite sex. Instead of making a parody. I will do it here:

What is the best site to understanding the opposite sex? For some reason having a gf has never been appealing to me until I hit puberty. All the time my circle complains of how much money they spent on their gfs yada yada.

I'd like to understand the basics and fundamentals of understanding the opposite sex. Yes I do know how to search in google but I'm looking for the best sex education site.

Thanks all
 
Miramonti

Miramonti

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Aug 26, 2000
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tokie said:
I wouldn't get involved in the stock market if I were you. It is an awful place where the only people who make big money are the ones with inside info. Otherwise it is essentially a random walk.

Try and look for high yielding bonds and other investments.
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So you'd think. The irony is that the stock market is a lot more about calculus imo than it is business fundamentals.
 
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Rudee

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Apr 23, 2000
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tokie said:
I wouldn't get involved in the stock market if I were you. It is an awful place where the only people who make big money are the ones with inside info. Otherwise it is essentially a random walk.

Try and look for high yielding bonds and other investments.
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Yup. Such an awful place that the stock market only made me 6 figures last year. Darn.
 
gorcorps

gorcorps

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tokie said:
I wouldn't get involved in the stock market if I were you. It is an awful place where the only people who make big money are the ones with inside info. Otherwise it is essentially a random walk.

Try and look for high yielding bonds and other investments.
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Right, only people with inside information could predict things like Apple and Google going up. Oh and people have earlier made money shorting Toyota and buying Ford because of insider information... it's not like Toyota has had some major public outting of certain defects.

So yeah, I guess it's best to stay away unless you have insider info :rolleyes:

Look OP, you don't want to put any money in stuff you can't afford to lose. And there's lots of companies out there that are generally low risk. No you can't predict everything, but barring Steve Jobs dying I'd say Apple is a pretty safe bet for a while still regardless of how you feel about their products.
 
Blackjack200

Blackjack200

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May 28, 2007
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Crusty said:
What's your biggest loss?
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Everyone that was in the market last year made money, I think the broad indexes were up over 60%. The question is, did you make more than you lost in 07 & 08?

Better yet, did you make money in '07 & '08? If you did, that would impress me.
 
speg

speg

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When I first got into investing I picked up one of the "For Dummies" books.

I find they are always a great place to start when you know next to nothing about a subject.
 
Crusty

Crusty

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Sep 30, 2001
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Blackjack200 said:
Everyone that was in the market last year made money, I think the broad indexes were up over 60%. The question is, did you make more than you lost in 07 & 08?

Better yet, did you make money in '07 & '08? If you did, that would impress me.
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Of course I made money in 07, 08, 09, and this year as well. That's because I don't personally trade, I write the software for the traders and they pay my salary :p
 
Miramonti

Miramonti

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Crusty said:
Of course I made money in 07, 08, 09, and this year as well. That's because I don't personally trade, I write the software for the traders and they pay my salary :p
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Bastard! :p

My best year trading since '01 was actually '08, 2nd best was '07...yet '09 sucked. The irony is that I don't short. :oops:
 
Blackjack200

Blackjack200

Lifer
May 28, 2007
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gorcorps said:
Right, only people with inside information could predict things like Apple and Google going up. Oh and people have earlier made money shorting Toyota and buying Ford because of insider information... it's not like Toyota has had some major public outting of certain defects.

So yeah, I guess it's best to stay away unless you have insider info :rolleyes:

Look OP, you don't want to put any money in stuff you can't afford to lose. And there's lots of companies out there that are generally low risk. No you can't predict everything, but barring Steve Jobs dying I'd say Apple is a pretty safe bet for a while still regardless of how you feel about their products.
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Yes, Apple and Google look obvious now, but Yahoo and Dell looked pretty obvious recently too, and what happened to them? If it's so obvious, why aren't we all making a killing? Steve Jobs' health is a real concern, and Apple's stock already has a tremendous amount of growth priced into it (as does Google's)

You don't need to stay away, but to pretend you know AAPL or GOOG more than a tech analyst working at a large investment firm is just crazy. Put your money into low cost index funds and you'll be fine.
 
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