Stock markets: What are good stocks to invest in?

Question

that never go down like electric, gas, Disney,etc?

Answer 1

BA

ROK

COL

AT&T

Answer 2

Investors Business Daily will inform you well

Answer 3

Even utilities go down unfortunately.  I would echo the sentiments of another respondent by reading Benjamin Graham.  He can be a bit deep at times though.  Go to your library and check out "investing for dummies".  Apart from the title it is a great starter book loaded with tons of info.  

Graham's views are based on "the intrinsic value" of a company.  Basically you research the company, everything from the bricks and mortar to the last debt that they owe.  You then take the assets value and apply it to the outstanding sharecount.  This will give you a book value of sorts.  So if you can find companies that are lower to significantly lower than this number you simply buy it and wait until the market realizes what you own and then they bid the shares up.  

Long term the market offers some interesting choices right now. Banks and financials are not very popular, but they are essential to the economy.  You could buy some and "lock them away" for a decade and I think that you would be very pleased.

No matter what you do, diversify for safety's sake.  Don't overexpose yourself to certain industries and try to keep some cash and bond exposure to your portfolio.

Good luck!

Answer 4

ANY stock will have ups and downs.  It's impossible to find one that will never go down.

But it is possible to find stocks that will go up in the long-term.  The market is erratic and often stocks are priced far less than the company is really worth.  That's particularly true in bear markets like we're experiencing right now.

I'd recommend reading any book you can find by Benjamin Graham & Phillip Fisher.

If you don't want to take the time to research individual companies, you won't do badly in the long-term by simply investing in an index fund.  Both Vanguard & Fidelity offer low-cost index funds.  Or just buy SPY which tracks the S&P 500.

Answer 5

Now is the time to get into stocks but you had better have a GREAT stock Broker.  Look in the yellows and interview some of them... That is your best bet....

Answer 6

You can never know for sure how a stock will do. Go to Xearn.com to see what other investors are buying and how successful they are.