Do you guys invest money?

[tonywonder]

as far as stocks go short term and long term trading

investopedia.com
investtalk.com
cnbc.com
peter lynch books
steve peasley "above avergage trading for the average investor" book
ETFs are interesting not sure how i feel about those.
invest in things you know and understand.
dont gamble
dont act on emotion
read the news

lots of research.

oh and i use etrade.com

friday was a good day to buy.

[ACMF74]

friday was a good day to buy.

i did pick up some stock Fri.

Funny how the SEC still hasn't found the culprit....:roll:

[kid325e]

I've been really interested in this kind of stuff lately.. Good info in this thread.

[wildstoats]

Sorry, I swore off gambling ;)

[Turf1600]

Roth IRA. Cash. Gold bars in the future.

[REVHARD05]

I invest in Tangible metals like silver and gold.

[iwantspeed]

diversify your stock portfolio
invest in different sectors of the market.
if one goes down your others might remain stable.

[mrsleeve]

Funny how the SEC still hasn't found the culprit....:roll:

LOL yeh we have to find out why this happened and further regulate the markets so it cant happen again

WTF Over, bad ju ju happening in the EU and a entire country was about to go under big time. Of course that will make the markets tumble they know WTF is going on.

[AdironRider]

Rental property is the key to freedom IMO. Nothing like having someone else pay your mortgage. Your actually coming out ahead as long as the rental income covers the interest/upkeep/insurance/taxes. Anything you pay towards principal is savings. There is some risk, but more often than not rent covers some principal as well.

I put 5% of my gross pay into my 401k program through work with a 4% match. I need to put 5 in to get the full 4%, thats free money and given Im just turing 25, will more than make up for the tax hit when it comes due when I retire.

Im currently trying to buy my place in Idaho now (20 minutes from the lifts at Jackson Hole, not really Idaho if you ask me) which has two acres and a dope 2000 sq foot barn. Ill then be building my own place out of pocket and renting the cabin currently on the property. The cabin should rent for more than the entire shebang will cost, and Ill actually be making money having a roof over my head. Not much, but 50-100 bucks or so a month when its all said and done. Nothing like getting paid to live somewhere opposed to paying somebody else.

Once I get the real estate all the money I was saving will be going into maxing out a Roth IRA (currently at 6500 a year), the rest will go into cash savings towards other rental properties.

Then once the students loans are paid off by 32 Ill be a free man in paradise. Ill be free to do whatever I want. Ive always wanted to build boats, Id actually be able to do it then.

[Mde36]

I have a few investments but the one that really paid off for me was Ford. I bought a hefty amount of their stock last year when it dropped down to a dollar and as of 2 days ago its well over $13 a share now.

[Restoman]

Take a look at Morningstar.com

[nando]

I have a Roth 401k, a rollover IRA, and a brokerage account through Fidelity. I also have a 529 for my son that I put $100 a month into. I think I'm up to saving 10% a month, my goal is to double that in 5 years (maxing out tax-advantaged contributions first). We also get employee stock and I got about $2000 in matching contributions last year.

The simplest advice is to diversify. Yeah, if you bought one stock and it went up 1000% you'd make a lot of money. But you don't know what's going to happen. It could go down 99.5%. It could go nowhere and get eaten up by inflation. It's not russian roulette and it's not gambling. Get rich quick can easily and quickly turn into losing everything. It's a marathon, not a sprint - save a little bit at a time consistently, invest in a sure thing, and watch it grow. Compound interest FTW.

[scabzzzz]

I bought a house. Plan to take some contract work overseas if i can get my credentials high enough in a couple years. Make enough to pay off my house in one year while renting it out while Im gone. Then keep renting it, buy another house. Use the rental money to pay my new mortgage, and keep it rolling until I have a fleet of homes I'm managing in my spare time.

[BDSax]

Mr Madolff gave me a great return

[Matt-B]

I have 20 stocks of best buy. I made around 66$ last month in a +change.

as far as other things go. And this is no joke. I kinda stock up on rare parts and hard to get stuff, and sell them as I need to. Used parts dont really lose value. thus is why I have 5 sets of tweeters on there way


My uncle Bob, did buy 100 troy ounces of gold a loong time ago. recently sold it. and bought a house with cash so...?