Stocks

[Hey-O]

You can do much better than .5% money market or savings just by buying preferred shares.

I have some paying 8% that don't get called until 2025.

The replacements have already been issued at 4%, but even that is better than .5%

Not quite as stable as savings, but pretty darn stable if big name company.

Most of mine are financials. JPM for example.

However, the common JPM is up 130% since I first bought it and it pays pretty well (3.75% IIRC) too.

Investing is a my hobby now and I run with a group of 5 guys that play just like I do. I read and investigate all the do's and don'ts and what happened and why. It's always easier to look back and say I should have done this or that. I've made my share of mistakes and have gotten lucky more than a few time. Warren Buffett and you used the same Savvy moves in that time period, that very impressive.

 

[slepr1]

I made the most ever between 2008 and 2012.

I started my investments in 2011 and did very well until 2016. Not so good since then. Mostly US investments.

If I buy $300k in scratch-off lotto tickets what are the odds of breaking even? lol

There are YouTube videos of people doing this (with less $). Lots of them.

 

[YY1]

I started in early 1998 with $20 a month as part of an investment club.

Even though the founder taught me a LOT, I found the club in general was not very receptive to my ideas. Because of my exposure to IT purchasing and trends I recommended APC and HP, but the club bought neither. Both went up pretty well and had they bought HP at the time, it would have spun off Finisar and we would have had that for free.

In 1999 I pulled my shares from the club and went out on my own.
I did buy that HP (but missed the free Finisar, MFG of fiber optic transceivers) and it was my first big hit. Nearly double IIRC in about 3 years.

I was doing so well I increased my contributions to $100 then $200 and more per month.

I still contribute, but my dividends pay more than double what I put in out of my paycheck.

I had math worked out that said I'd have a million by the time I was retirement age.
That's not gonna happen, but I will have a nice pile with a 5 figure income stream.

 

[YY1]

I did sell 2 lots of my JPM common a couple of weeks ago.

It was more than double and I figured time might be running out.

I guess I should be happy those gains got locked in.

 

[Ron H]

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I started my investments in 2011 and did very well until 2016. Not so good since then. Mostly US investments.



There are YouTube videos of people doing this (with less $). Lots of them.

Lol! My track record buying maybe 40 bucks worth a month in lotto tickets just stinks. Then if I tried this I'd end up in a divorce that guys have told me...ahh...ain't cheap! Then I'd be pushing an old shopping cart down some street with a garbage bag full of my remaining possessions...

 

[VANDAN]

If you've got cash in your acct, the time to buy will be when this bottom happens. The stocks dealing with the 5G evolution are a Very Good bet, all aspects from equipment, carriers, component suppliers, etc, and they are all in sale now. The other stocks which are going to take off very quickly, with the push from this virus scare, will be bio-tech stocks, as a Very Big hole has opened in our dependency on China for our supply of Antibiotics, in general. If anyone gambles on these, and strikes it RICH, feel free to get in touch, and send a finders fee from your profits. I could use some extra $$ now myself...

 

[Dennis H]

Buy buy buy. This is what corrections are for.

 

[Dennis H]

If you've got cash in your acct, the time to buy will be when this bottom happens. The stocks dealing with the 5G evolution are a Very Good bet, all aspects from equipment, carriers, component suppliers, etc, and they are all in sale now. The other stocks which are going to take off very quickly, with the push from this virus scare, will be bio-tech stocks, as a Very Big hole has opened in our dependency on China for our supply of Antibiotics, in general. If anyone gambles on these, and strikes it RICH, feel free to get in touch, and send a finders fee from your profits. I could use some extra $$ now myself...

Only a crystal ball will identify the bottom.

 

[Ranger16]

Been looking for one of those balls for decades.................still looking.