New investor?

Question

I am just starting college and am majoring in business finance. I want to start trying to invest in stock but i don't know what companies would be good to invest in and what companies are projected to increase their stock.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Take some more classes and wait until you graduate and you're employed making a decent amount of money before starting to invest in stocks. You also should have somewhat of an emergency fund before buying stocks. Good luck to you.

Answer 3

Look at projected earnings for companies familiar to you to see if they will go up. Good industries right now are gold, natural gas, and oil.

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Answer 5

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Answer 6

Your interest in the market is great. I'd like to suggest that asking strangers (whose qualifications and motives can never be known) may not be the best way to get information.

You're young... you have plenty of time. The best way to avoid the typical mistakes of new investors is by reading some good books on the subject.

Start with;

Investing For Dummy's

Mutual Funds For Dummy's

Then branch out for some more.

Education is the best way to start in the market.  ENJOY & GOOD LUCK!

Answer 7

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Answer 8

First of all, I think its great your majoring in finance, but realize most likely you will learn very little really about stock trading and investing in any college. Most of your work will be geared for corporate finance, which frankly has nothing to do with being a successful investor. Just look around, and look at all the successful traders, how many have a finance degree? Very few.

The best thing to do if you want to invest, is study investing, not finance. Learn the basic methods which are fundamental and technical analysis. Find one or some combination of both that suit you and start screening stocks based on the technical or fundamental criteria you prefer.

A great starting point is 'How to Make Money in Stocks', by Bill o'neill that will shatter most of the myths of stock investing that you will hear.

Answer 9

Two suggestions for where to start learning:

1 - Look at the Value Line Survey.  It's a paid service, but I'll bet they have it in your school library.  Look at how they value stocks and what their picks are.

2- I think the name is American Assoc of Individual Investors (AAII).  They also are a paid subscription, but I think it is fairly cheap.  They do a good job of covering various investing topics.

Another suggestion is to try out investing without using real money.  One fairly easy way to do this is look at a website called Motley Fool Caps.  You can select stocks that you think will beat the Dow, and they keep track of your record.

The only catch with that approach is that it focuses on short term results.