What Stock is the best to Invest My money in?

i want to invest money.. but i dont know in what.. Help?

The U.S. stock markets are mostly filled with dangers at this time. The dollar is falling, "storm clouds" (Bush quote) are in the skies regarding the economy including a potential recession and the market is not too far off its all-time highs.

With all of this said, however, there are areas in which investors can still make profits. These have the ability to be substantial.

In this environment, I believe it is best to stay with companies having assets of coal, natural gas, oil & gas drillers and service companies and possibly fertilizers.

Another avenue is to consider whatever China needs for its booming economy and search for companies delivering these, or better, what company is about to enter into contracts or expand business dealings with China.

For U.S. markets, I personally like:

PRB Energy (PRB) - Problems, but soon may be overcome with exponential short-term and long-term gains.

National Coal Corporation (NCOC) Has had a run-up over past couple weeks. May lag here for a short time, but then look for substantial and long-term gains.

However, be cautious.

You must research thoroughly on your own. Following advice blindly might sometimes work out to your benefit, but it will certainly at some time work horribly against you.

Be well informed of all issues with companies you are choosing. Look at balance sheets, cash available and company profiles.

Keep in mind that a loss is not always an indication of a bad company. Look over past 4 years. Are they decreasing substantially and projected to enter profitabilty in 2008? Such timing and issues of profitability are what have the ability to propel stock value along with your portfolio.

Yahoo Finance has a Stock Screener section that allows you to search for companies within certain sectors according to criteria set by the user. Sometimes difficult to find on Finance, so search for Yahoo Finance Stock Screener or click on the link below.

http://screen.yahoo.com/stocks.html

I know many professional investors that commonly use Yahoo Finance for its ease of use in order to screen companies.

Please keep in mind that anyone can provide a "tip" for a stock. However, learning to research these companies yourself is not only educational, but can be quite enjoyable as a hobby.

Yahoo Finance has a section to track your "stock picks", enter the amount of shares fictionally or realistically purchased and track results.

If you sometimes need insight into long-term trends. I might suggest MSNBC's "Mad Money" with Cramer or either his http://thestreet.com website.

The actual show Mad Money might sometimes be irritating to listen to, or entertaining as only you can determine, but I believe that it can be an important sounding board for stocks, trends and lead to further research into fields previously never considered that might help you choose a winner vs loser.

There is a great deal more to making money in the markets than the widely used P/E ratio. Especially in the current conditions of the U.S. markets.

You are certainly asking the right question. However, it is where this question leads you as to whether or not you will be successful in your search, portfolio and all that is important because of your financials.

Best of luck. Get out those reading glasses and ready for long nights and weekends of reports and valuations.

More importantly, enjoy your entry into this world. It can be complex, but it has the ability to provide you with more than simple returns on a stock.

It is like cardio-excercise, except for the mind.

A fine tuned mind has the ability not only to change your finances, but all of your life, loves, hopes, dreams and reality both for you and others.

Explore, learn and conquer.

Either apple, google, or microsoft

Exxon

how bought the bank?

stick it in an ISA as this is sooooooooooooooooooooo much more secure. you wanting to be guaranteed to be making money - not loosing it :-)

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The U.S. is facing a reccession or depression. This is no time to take on risky investments. Be safe and buy a few gold coins or the gold ETF (GLD). This time next year you will have a profit and can move that money to another investment if things are getting better.

none. because you always stand the chance of losing the stock. look at martha stewart, she tried to sell her stock before it went down and crashed and she ended up going to jail. my mother lost a thousand dollars fooling with stocks. its useless. the only people that become famous from stocks are stock brokers. with exception of a few people who became millionaires from stocks. but its very few.

ust save your money in the bank or put it in cd

I think before you make any investment in the stock market you should learn about what you are doing. If taking time and trouble to study the market is cumbersome for you then I would suggest that you find a good no load mutual fund and invest in that. You can invest smaller amounts of money each month and whatever you invest is dependent on the performance of many stocks and not just one or two so your losses can be held to a reasonable level unless the bottom drops out of the market.

People have been trying to figure this out for years. Not long ago, you could rely on any of the blue-chippers. However, in recent times this has proved to be not so reliable. Here are the stats--out of every 100 people who invest in stocks as individuals, 86 lose money, 5 break even and 9 make money. Now statistics lie because they don't take into account the amount invested. Try a diversified potfolio with 65 per cent to blue chip, 20 per cent to high-tech, and 15 per cent to money market.

individual stocks are very risky! i would recommend a good mutual fund or several mutual funds. if you want to be very aggressive you could go with something like the American Funds New World Fund (NEWCX) or T. Rowe Price New Asia (PRASX). Those are very aggressive funds. the American Funds one is showing a YTD return of about 30% and the T. Rowe Price is showing about 63% return. If you want to be more conservative you could try American Funds Growth Fund of America (GFACX) or American Funds Capital World Growth and Income (CWGCX) or Hartford Capital Appreciation II (HFCCX). I would actually recommend a blend of all of these. I'm not a fan of individual stocks. I prefer the mutual fund approach. The reason for this is if you select a well managed mutual fund like American Funds or Hartford you'll almost always come out ahead. there may be a down year here and there but over a 5-10 year period you're gonna come out on top.

The Top 10 by Intrinsic Strength. Make sure they have a PEG too...

http://betapeg.com/Q4IS.bmp

This is my detailed analysis of my watchlist, and it is what I invest from. Use it or lose it... :D

personally i like the following companies.

1. finish line FINL = $3.03

2. express jet XJT = $2.95

3. rex stores RSC= $15.75

"investing is most intelligent when its most business like."
Benjamin Graham

Prosper is a good way to start. You can invest as little as $50.

use various financial ratio to get rid of junk stocks. these will helps you out:

Good Stock Pick for Unlimited Profits Framework
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How to Find Good Stocks That Will Survive 2008 Market Crash
http://www.stock-investment-made-easy.co...
How to Pick Good Stocks That Can Make You Rich in The Long Run
http://ezinearticles.com/?How-to-Pick-Go...

there are so many its would take too long to list them. try http://www.goldenbullstocks.com and test drive their stocks!