Since Bear Stearns stock is down, what's the best stock to invest in that will reap this fall?

A newbie investor here. Since Bear Stearns appears to be done, I want to know whose stock is going to jump! Will it be JPM? Will the price of gold go up? I guess I am wondering what you seem jumping and continuing to climb with this news. Please respond back serious investors!

No matter what you read or how you interpret it, this is certain: No one can predict the future.

If you're a newbie, at the present time, you shouldn't even think about getting in this market.

You should be concentrating on learning how the market works, how to properly trade and setting up your own trading rules for each strategy you'll be using. THEN, you test those rules by paper trading.

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Thanks for asking your Q! I enjoyed answering it!

VTY,
Ron Berue
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I'd still short BSC, LEH, and WB

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I purchased JPM on the news that the Fed was using it to facilitate the "bailout" of BSC last Friday. I continue to like JPM despite the move today, as the vote of confidence by the Fed in utilizing JPM to resolve this problem speaks volumes about the strength of JPM.

I have begun to move into financial companies in the past week, as they are becoming attractive long-term investments. As of today, I now own BAC, C, JPM, GS, and NLY. With that said, these are only small initial positions, which I plan to add to on weakness, as it is probable that these stocks will move lower, especially C.

I would avoid commodities right now, as today's action seems to lead one to believe that the commodity "bubble" may be going to burst, at least for the short-term. In fact, I liquidated two of my oil-related holdings (of a total of 5) today in an attempt to mitigate indirect downside risk exposure to oil.

Just some thoughts, but I like select financials as long-term investments, and have become cautious on commodities. Of course, there are some other unrelated segments of the market that are becoming attractive and should not be ignored.

Best of luck!

Brendan Prewitt

Well. Some stocks that are down but have pretty good prospects include TWX, TGT (but it needs to go lower first), and Starbucks.

Investing is for the long term. And no one knows where the bottom will be or how long it will take before a bounce.

If you can get them, Australian bonds look good and hav a great yield.

If you don't have years to wait or might needs the money then buy the safest bonds or money markets you can get.

Good luck.

Short Lehman and BSC.

People are hoping for a higher bid or that stockholders will reject the offer. JPM jumped 10%, suggesting that Bear is actually worth about 10% of JPM + 250M + 6B in transaction costs.

The free market values Bear at 21.5B, but JPM bought it for 250M. They hope it'll go up - if not, it can only drop to $2.

Its a lottery ticket with limited downside - it could go up to $20 if the deal falls through. People are also buying to cover short positions from Friday.

short leh