Re: Deer Investment and Stock Types

On Oct 10, 11:44 am, Steve <sk...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article <e86d3f8d-affe-4674-9e4b-7cbabcb6c...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
The Cheesehusker, Trade Warrior <Iamtj4l...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
-On Oct 10, 8:55=A0am, Google Beta User <wanyik...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
-> (Pardon the naivety)
->
-> Are stocks and investments and real estate something to be monitored
-> daily? i.e. should one be looking at charts, indexes, etc and then
-> getting very excited then depressed....kind of emotionally all over
-> the place based on the stocks *that day*?
->
-> I'd always assumed, granted its probably oversimplified, that
-> investment is long term and diversified.
-
-I would say it really depends on what your strategy is - are you
-trading or are you long-term investing?  If the former - then
-imperative.  If the latter - no.  What's more important with the
-latter are macro-level news items such as *any* sort of allegation of
-financial improriety or changes in management, etc.

Am I a dumbass, or is this a target-rich environment for call LEAPS?

Rapidly becoming so - with the correct securities.

Is that so obvious that I'd have to swim with the sharks and get eaten, or
would I (noob rookie wannabe) have at least a dart-thrower's chance?

Here's the way I'd approach it - you want "base" companies - ones
which actually produce things which are and will be needed in the
future - something like Johnson and Johnson, for example - med
products w/ an aging population which is sort of immune to health care
insurance risk. Stuff like this. Google and other high tech would be
a bit riskier with higher potential reward - but yes, there will be
some tremendous opportunities to buy shares in good, solid, well run
companies at bargain prices - and by using LEAPs (long term equitys
anticipation products - long term options) you can participate at a
lower cost and diversify more broadly.

Also - I'd look very strongly at some of the more speciality index
funds. If you want to be a real contrarian, buying the financial
sector funds will absolutely pay off, for example. Just not yet.

But yeah - time to begin doing your homework and seeing what companies
you like and why. Tip - avoid, for now, any financial credit company
like GE - at least until they spin that unit off.

.

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