Good time to "jump in" the stock market for the 1st time investor?

Ok one person will say " buy now everything is on sale!" buy low sell high right? But someone else will say " get out while you still can" if you buy now you will surely be sorry as we have not seen the worst of it. So is this a good time to buy or not?

Michelle, buy "The Successful Investor" by William O'Neil and read it until you understand it and then you will know. By the way, oil, nat gas, gold, commodities, agriculture have all been doing well even amidst recession/bear market.

Nobody knows if now is a good time to buy or not. Stocks have given back a lot of their profit in recent months, and could give back more.

If you have a long-term investement strategy, and implement dollar cost averaging and dividend reinvestment, you will not worry about the market being up or down as much.

May I recommend you look at a DRIP Plan.

They are seldom recommended by brokers due to the low rate of commissions received. However, these
reinvestment plans can be very powerful long-term investments. Studies have shown that DRIP's are one of
the best strategies on Wall Street.

They are inexpensive and easy to start. New investors to the stock market should definitely consider a DRIP Plan.

Companies like Toyota, Royal Canadian Bank, Sony, Bank of America, General Electric and many other Blue Chip
Stocks can be purchased through your DRIP Plan, with as little as 1 share in most cases.

These long-term plans are great for beginners as well as veterans. Check them out.

Best of Luck

Many books, magazines I have read on investing say studies have shown that, over 20, 30 + years of investing the person who buys at the high point and just leaves their money in the market will do much better than the person who tries to time the market and tries to buy at the bottom, sell at the top, buy at the bottom again etc (which noone has been able to do so far) but misses only about 5 or 10 of the "best" days.
As a very successful and rich Jack Bogle says {not in these exact words} "time in the market, not market timing is the key to success."

you bet ye, there are a lot of bargains out there.

Buy some cheap stocks and sell short some expensive stocks.

Not exactly rocket science.

It is a better time to buy then it was six months ago. If you buy a good business at a lousy price you will get a lousy result. If you buy a terrible business at a great price you will get a lousy result. If you buy a good business at a great price you will get a great result!.

To answer your question if those words of wisdom didn't inspire you (jks). "It depends on what you buy". As the market goes lower, stock prices go lower giving the investor a better opportunity to find a good business and a great price. The lower the prices go the more you should be looking for the right stock to buy.

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