Has any body invested in the stock exchange ? is it good to invest?

Question

Has any body invested in the stock exchange ? is it good to invest?

Answer 1

i have never bought the nasdaq, but you can.  they dropped over 2 dollars today.  NDAQ

Answer 2

yes it's good to invest, but only if you know exactly what you're trying to achieve, and invest wisely.   know how long you plan on having the money invested, what kind of risk you are willing to take, what your liquidity needs are, etc.

in general though, long term investments in stock tend to bring 10%+ annual returns.

Answer 3

yes, it is actually a great time to invest....Use an online brokerage firm that has good beginner qualitys {like tutorials or easy to understand set up}, i use zecco, better then schwab, etrade, etc. they are the only ones with free stock trades, no minumums..all the others will charge you fees for trading, but compare and see for yourself. Good luck and happy investing!

http://friends.zecco.com/r/a7a2877caab81...

Answer 4

It's definitely good to invest.  Many people shy away from investing because they are afraid of losing money.  However, beginners can reduce their risk by investing long term with dividend reinvestment.  They call it DRIP investing.  You can do this either directly through the company or through a brokerage firm.  I would recommend using an online discount brokerage that supports DRIPs.  I currently use Firstrade ( http://www.firstrade.com/ ) and I am very happy with them.  I would not recommend using Zecco.  They are not the best choice for beginners because their website is hard to use.

Answer 5

Stocks are historically proven to give the best return on investment in the long haul. Yes, if you want to grow your money, it is a good thing to invest.

Answer 6

Suppose you saw a company doing something and they did it well. Would you like to own a piece of that, especially if you could get a share for the price of a pair of good shoes or something? That is what investing is.

For instance, I have a few shares in a company that grows rice in China. Considering that rice is to many Chinese what potatoes are for the Irish, they will likely have a solid business, and they have. They recently bought a company, also in China, that produces some of the better wines made in China, appealing to affluent Chinese. That means the scope of the business broadened. Now they are doing more things with their assets, making more money. That means, in time, my share of those profits and increased equity grows with the company. This is investing.

Now if you are looking at some email that says things like "we have a runner!" or "XYZ is a rocketship to the moon!", then no, this is not a good thing.

If you don't know what to invest in, read or subscribe to publications like Businessweek, Forbes, Wall Street Journal, etc. Read the stories of who is doing what. They will sometimes tell about various company CEOs and what that boss is wanting to do, or struggling with, in this company or that. When you get the feel of what big business is like, you might want a piece of some company that you might never have heard of before, and usually a very substantial business. It may not be glamourous to invest in something like Cooper Tires, Paccar (big truck and railroad car manufacturer), Archer Daniels Midland (commonly called ADM, cereal food supplier to people like Kellogs and General Mills). But there you will find stories that tell you whether it is good, or not, to invest in something solid and substantial.

Then maybe you can branch out to little things like rice distributors in China or some solar cell maker, etc. with your spare change for fun, after you've invested in good stuff, because this is speculating, a horse of a different color.  Keep reading, you will learn what you need.

Answer 7

Are you asking if we have invested in stocks?  Most people have - via mutual funds in their retirement accounts.

Of course it is "good" to do so if you want decent returns.