Does anyone know anything about a Oil stock, Platina Energy Group (PTLG). I heard it is a good investment?

Your question makes me want to barf. Don't look for a quick hit. You'll eventually lose it all. Open a Roth IRA and put $3,000 in a mutual fund. Put more money in each month thereafter...

Well, that's a hard hard question to answer. Basically what do you call short term? I can tell you that I would be investing in new pharmaceutical companies still trading as penny stocks or ju...

Everybody has their own ideas and investment style, contrary to what Bodo would like to push off on you as advice. In my mind, Mutual Funds are the "losers." Why would you pay someone to ...

If the business is growing and you believe that the money they get from the offering is going to be invested well to grow the business, it probably won't make a lot of difference. If you thin...

They'll be about the same. I'm not sure exactly which mutual fund or ETF you're actually comparing. Go with the one with lower fees. I looked up the Vanguard ones. It's .1...

You should short Chinese stock market indexes. The best way to do this would be shorting some of the Chinese ETFs such as FXI for example. If you want to a broader index (70 shares) you could short...

A thousand bucks is not a bad nest egg. I started with $20 when I was 17. I retired at 45. In the course of that time I did not go steadily up the ladder to rertirement. I had ups and downs and...

There are no minimum requirements. Start with whatever you have. I'd start with a good mutual fund. If you're wanting to invest in individual stocks, buy them in quantities of 100.