What is the best stock and/or mutual funds to invest in?

There is no formula which suits all. Consult an expereinced financial advisor who understands your financial goal and risk apetite and advice you accordingly. There are different kinds of MFs which invest in equity and bonds. Stock market investment is high risk high reward investment. i advice you to chose a mutual fund instead of investing directly in stocks

There is no BEST ONE, sorry. It's all gambling, there is no guarantee that you won't lose money.

It's like asking what is the BEST TV Show .. ??

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Good Luck!

Your question is impossible to answer, because there is no such thing as a BEST stock or fund.

All stocks/funds have different objectives, business models, products, markets and rules of engagement. Some are affected by interest rates, others by changes in law, yet others by prices of oil or soybeans, or by foreign governments - the list goes on and on.

You need to do your research on each stock, and ask yourself if this is what you want to put your money into. Evaluate the risks for the stock or fund and if you can live with it, then make a decision and stick with it for a while, then re-evaluate after some weeks or months have gone by.

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There is no "best" stock or mutual fund. You just need to choose quality stocks or mutual funds as part of your entire diversified portfolio.

With mutual funds, you need to find excellent mutual funds in:
1. US Large Cap
2. US Small Cap
3. Diversified International Markets.

You can use http://www.morningstar.com and research stocks that are rated 5 or 4 star by them. Make sure they are no-load, no transaction fee funds.

Same thing goes with Stocks. There are many different types of stocks, and each one is just a part of your total portfolio. I can certainly give suggestions, but you have to do your own research.

Some stocks for you to Research:
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1. Basic Materials:
a. FCX (Freeport McMoran, Gold and Copper)
b. ATI (Allegheny Technology)

2. Consumer Discretionary:
a. GME (Gamestop) -- Major gaming cycle is here (3 major consoles), large Generation Y
b. NTRI (NutriSystem) -- obesity problem is a long term trend
c. SNDA (Shanda Interactive) -- Chinese Online Gaming Company. Chinese Middle class is growing, and I can see them getting addicted to online games.
d. JBX (Jack in the Box) -- Regional fastfood (growth to be national) with Mexican Qdoba grill exposure. you remember the Chipotle (CMG) spinoff by Mcdonalds?
e. CKR (CKE Restaurants) -- Carl's Jr. Fast food and other fastfood chains. Good small cap fast food long term growth at a reasonable price?

3. Consumer Staples:
a. UL (Unliver) -- Much cheaper and better growth
than PG (Procter and Gamble)
b. HANS (Hansen) -- Growth Drink Company
c. PEP (Pepsi) -- Large diversified drink company
d. CEDC (Central European Distribution) -- Central
European drink company)
e. WBD (Wimm Bill Dann) -- Fast growing Russian
Diary and milk company. Look at the chart! Wait for
pullback?

4. Energy:
a. Integrated Oil:
COP (Conoco Philips)
b. Drillers:
ESV (Ensco)
GSF (Global Santa Fe)
c. Refiners:
VLO (Valero)
TSO (Tesoro)
d. Oil Sands Exposure
CNQ (Canadian Natural Resources)
e. Oil Services:
HAL (Halliburton)
SLB (Schlumberger)
f. Oil Shipping/Services
TDW (Tidewater)
g. Rigs and other oil services:
NOV (National Oilwell Varco)
RIG (Transocean)
h. Coal:
BTU (Peabody Energy)

5. Financial Services:
a. Brokers:
GS (Goldman Sachs)
LEH (Lehmann)
b. Banks:
JPM (JP Morgan)
IBN (Icici Bank) -- Indian Bank
KB (Kookmin Bank) -- Korean Bank
NBG (Natonal Bank of Greece) -- Greek Bank
c. Exchanges:
NYX (New York Stock Exchange-Euronext)
CME (Chicago Mercantile Exchange)
d. Others:
LUK (Leucadia), a mini Berkshire Hathaway
e. Online Broker:
ETFC (E*Trade Financial)
f. HXM (Homex) -- Mexican Homebuilder

6. Healthcare:
a. Big Pharma: (I don't really like big pharma)
MRK (Merck)
PFE (Pfizer) -- Value play.
b. Biotech:
GILD (Gilead) -- Great pipeline
c. Medical Equipment:
MDT (Medtronic)
ISRG (Intuitive Surgical) -- Robotic surgery
d. Healthcare Insurer:
AET (Aetna)
HUM (Humana)
MOH (Molina Healthcare)

7. Industrials
a. Aerospace/Defense:
BA (Boeing)
BEAV (BEA Aerospace)
TDG (Transdigm Group)
b. Congolomerate:
GE (General Electric) -- Large cap to come
back
c. Infrastructure:
CAT (Caterpillar)
MDR (McDermott)
FWLT (Foster Wheeler)
d. CX (Cemex) -- Mexican Cement company.

8. Technology:
a. AAPL (Apple)
b. GOOG (Google)
c. NVT (Navteq) -- they make digital maps for GPS
d. SIRF (Sirf Technologies) -- they make chips for
GPS
e. GRMN (Garmin) -- They make GPS products
f. RIMM (Research in Motion) -- Blackberry maker
g. GLW (Corning) -- Optical and flat panel display
play.
h. FNSR (Finisar) -- Optical equipment under $4
speculative play.
i. LVLT (Level 3 communications) -- Speculative
under $6 optical equipment play.
j. CSCO (Cisco) -- Networking equipment
k. AKAM (Akamai)
l. DOX (Amdocs) -- Billing software company

9. Telecom:
a. AMX (America Movil) -- Latin America/Mexican Telecom play. This is a great growth area at a good price
b. T (AT&T)
c. NIHD (NIHD Holdings) -- Latin America Telecom
d. BRP (Brasil Telecom)
e. VIP (Vimpel) -- Russian Telecom company

10. Utilities
a. SZE (Suez) -- French Utility with growth

Good luck with your research.

Really depends on what you are looking for. I like mutual funds better because they provide instant diversification, but stock probably provide more quicker upside. One site you can look at what others are investing or just for stock ideas is called fundmojo. Good luck!

The fool web site has some interesting comments on mutual funds and offers a premium service which will cost you $30. The information there should be sufficient to push you in the right direction.

Now mutual funds do come with risk, and they are not particularly exciting. You put your money in and after 20 years you may have a sizeable chunk of cash. However, you could decide to split your funds putting half in mutual funds and looking for a better return with the rest.

Although this method will not appeal to everyone, a system that has returned over 49%p.a. is definitely worth a look. The Stocks Monthly System shows you exactly which stocks to Buy, When to Buy and When to Sell. You just follow the system. If you had done exactly this for the past 15 years $10,000 would have grown to $4M. Not bad for a simple easy to understand system.

There is no one particular stock or mutual fund that is best. Even if it is performing well now, it is no guarantee of future success. Always diversfiy.

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How long do you want to hold them and how much risk do you want to take?

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