Is this the correct time to invest in stocks?

Question

Is this the correct time to invest in stocks?

Answer 1

Yes. The market is down--which means stocks are at a discount. Buy them at low cost and wait for the upswing, which may take months (or even years). But don't pass up bargains.

Don't invest all your money at once. It's better to invest a little at a time on  a regular basis. For example, if you have $12,000 to invest, instead of a lump sum investment it's better to invest $1,000 every month for 12 months. This is called "dollar cost averaging" and can make more money over time.

Don't let emotion control your decisions. Decide what your risk tolerance is, develop a long term plan and stick with it. If you are new to investing, find a reliable financial advisor and start out with mutual funds (which is less risky than buying individual stocks, unless you have the time to study 20 companies and keep up with their performance).

Investing priority should follow in this way:

1) If your employer offers a 401k plan, take advantage of it. Your contributions are pre-tax (lowering your taxable income). Most companies often an employer match. My company will match up to 4% of my contribution. That's free money--that's why you do this first.

2) Invest up to the max in Roth IRAs or traditional IRAs, whichever is suitable. The money grows tax-free.

3) Max out the 401k (under age 50 for year 2008, you can contribute up to $16,500).

4) Invest in taxable equities.

Answer 2

depends on your objectives. eg time horizon., (realistic) goal for assets etc

very volatile times. be careful. yet, it may be good to start slowly accumulating, esp if you can pick a bottom well.

Answer 3

You can start investing at every dip in the market.  This is the right strategy to invest in such falling markets.

Answer 4

No, were in a bear market.

Answer 5

really it is a good time.

Answer 6

Yes.  However, stick with the top 50 or Nifty stocks.

When stocks markets move down, they are the last ones to fall; and when the recovery starts they are the first ones to go up.

You would have to keep in perspective that there are two types of corrections; that is price correction and time correction.  We are presently going through a price correction where stock prices have moved down from their Jan 2008 highs by 40% to 70%.  The next phase of the correction would be the time correction; where prices would maintain these low levels for a period of time.  This second phase draws upon the patience of the investors some of whom would sell their potentially good positions out of impatience.

As this whole process would take some time to unfold, you would have to acertain what your present investment objectives are; and do you have the capacity to wait.

Akash

http://www.narachinvestment.com

Answer 7

yes it is really a very gud time to invest in stock market but i wud like to tell u tht if u r investing now dont think of gud results in few weeks or months as may b stock market ll b ok by the month of nov. or some years.......

hope my answer helps u......

Answer 8

I´ve been investing for more than 20 years and trading for almost 14, and I can tell you that if you want to make BIG and FAST profits, I recommend you trading rather than investing, trading can help you to go from rags to rich.

If you are investing, you must have already achieved some degree of financial success, long term stock investing and FOREX can help you become much richer than you are today.

My experiences as a Nasdaq Market Maker, Head trader of several brokerage firms, and currently as a professional trader and private hedge fund manager, I can suggest you that:

We trade because we want quick, short term profits on a consistent basis. We want to cash flow the market. Milk it like a cow.

Make consistent, small, short term gains rather than trying to hit a home run on every trade. Don't ever forget that.

Don't marry a stock, marry the idea of making money trading stocks. That's the only way to do it.

For me "All stocks are equally worthless”

I don't hold on to any illusion that the stock market will continue to go up and provide a nice retirement for me.

I could care less which way the market goes. It's irrelevant to me if the market goes higher, crashes or moves sideways for the next 50 years. I really could care less. Stocks are just four letters with two prices next to them that I use to make a living trading.

Trade ONLY when you have a clear, easy and identifiable advantage, because without a CLEAR EDGE your odds of success are NO better than a flip of a coin… That´s why so many new traders (and investors) lose money.

Take a look at any daily chart of any index or stock and you'll probably see the most volatility and the biggest opportunity for profit during the first Hour of the stock market's opening.

The popular thinking and conventional wisdom is that you should wait about an hour before you start trading.

But if you do, you'll miss the big, fast moves that stocks make as all the amateurs let their emotions out through their

online accounts, usually right after they read some news headline or hear Maria Bartiromo go off about a stock on CNBC.

It's easy to see why trading the open is the market's prime time for profiting from other online traders.

The market's open is very volatile - that is the perfect environment for LARGE, FAST profits.

Learn to trade as a professional Market Maker ,not as an emotionally driven amateur trader or investor with few thousand dollars in an account at Etrade.

There isn't any other time during the day or any stock you can invest in, that can make you 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 or more points

in minutes OTHER than during the first hour the stock market is open. That's why I love trading the open so much.

I trade only when I have an edge and that means "only the first hour the market is open".

If you are a beginning trader, you can give yourself an unfair advantage in the market trading this way.

I can carry on with the advises about how to make money trading, but if you ask me:

"What is the best thing you can do for me?

I will say:

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Good luck and good trading,

John Fontaine

Answer 9

For delivery based investors on long term goals - the present index is the best time to buy. The market is expected to slide downwards by another 1200pts but that should not deter you or you wait for that time. Buy now if you have ready cash position to invest on long term basis.

Answer 10

Noooooooooooooooo

Answer 11

Top 8 Scrips to INVEST in 2008 when the Indian Stock Markets fall in July 2008 (BSE Sensex support will be 12,868.28 and NSE S&P CNX Nifty support will be 3,821.00):

Reliance Industries (RELIANCE), Infosys Technologies (INFOSYSTCH), ICICI Bank (ICICIBANK), Larsen & Toubro (LT), Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC), Bharti Airtel (BHARTIARTL), Tata Steel (TATASTEEL) and Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC).

INVEST 16% in First Scrip, 15% in Second Scrip, 14% in Third Scrip and so on of your total fund or

INVEST 12% in each scrip of your total fund.

Answer 12

Yes, its good time to some extent.

There r further chances...market may go down still further...wait n see.

Answer 13

hi,

at present the the stock market is crashed so much (40%) ,the risk is limited. you can consider stock or mutual fund investment for a period of three years.

any way it is better to diversify the investment, partly in risk investment, partly in things like NSC, FD etc.

all the best

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Answer 14

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Answer 15

no.