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<blockquote data-quote="Mo Boost" data-source="post: 2400525" data-attributes="member: 11454"><p>I invest on a regular basis.</p><p></p><p> My 401k has been maxed out at 15% pre-tax & 2% after-tax for a while now. My company has a 4% match, not much, but considering the returns have been pretty low or negative this year on the Dow, S&P, & other indexes....4% helps.</p><p></p><p> I listen to James Cramer on occasion, but don't adhere to his advice. To invest in a company, you have to understand the business & the underlying economic trends affecting that company.</p><p></p><p> When I started out, I bought books dispensing wisdom from Fidelity's Peter Lynch & the "Motley Fool" (the Gardner brothers).</p><p> To be a decent investor, you have to pick decent companies making a consistent profit over time, and most of these are large, establishd companies, some with expensive share prices.</p><p></p><p> Take Exxon Mobil, for example. They have been around for years, they've beaten the S&P 500 index average FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS, and have paid decent dividends on shares every quarter (3 months) since becoming a business. I got interested in them in June, 2004, after buying my first shares in 2000....the share price has gone from the $45.47 to about $58 in a year, PLUS $0.27/share in dividends paid per quarter.</p><p> I had a 30% gain in my one pick in 1 year alone, but that was because oil prices increased giving Exxon a huge profit margin. Even if the share price drops short-term, they still pay me 27 cents per share every three months...free money.</p><p></p><p> I own shares of companies I know & product from them that I use & understand.</p><p> I own Exxon, Symantec, Coca-Cola (in my girl's fund...they pay dividends, too) and a company called CIENA that does optical networking & sells equipment to telecom companies.</p><p> Two mutual funds, both small-caps (FSLCX & OTCFX) are also in my account. OTCFX is closed, but the shares of the FSLCX (Fidelity Small Cap Trust) is still around $17/share....and I am buying it regularly for my IRA.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mo Boost, post: 2400525, member: 11454"] I invest on a regular basis. My 401k has been maxed out at 15% pre-tax & 2% after-tax for a while now. My company has a 4% match, not much, but considering the returns have been pretty low or negative this year on the Dow, S&P, & other indexes....4% helps. I listen to James Cramer on occasion, but don't adhere to his advice. To invest in a company, you have to understand the business & the underlying economic trends affecting that company. When I started out, I bought books dispensing wisdom from Fidelity's Peter Lynch & the "Motley Fool" (the Gardner brothers). To be a decent investor, you have to pick decent companies making a consistent profit over time, and most of these are large, establishd companies, some with expensive share prices. Take Exxon Mobil, for example. They have been around for years, they've beaten the S&P 500 index average FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS, and have paid decent dividends on shares every quarter (3 months) since becoming a business. I got interested in them in June, 2004, after buying my first shares in 2000....the share price has gone from the $45.47 to about $58 in a year, PLUS $0.27/share in dividends paid per quarter. I had a 30% gain in my one pick in 1 year alone, but that was because oil prices increased giving Exxon a huge profit margin. Even if the share price drops short-term, they still pay me 27 cents per share every three months...free money. I own shares of companies I know & product from them that I use & understand. I own Exxon, Symantec, Coca-Cola (in my girl's fund...they pay dividends, too) and a company called CIENA that does optical networking & sells equipment to telecom companies. Two mutual funds, both small-caps (FSLCX & OTCFX) are also in my account. OTCFX is closed, but the shares of the FSLCX (Fidelity Small Cap Trust) is still around $17/share....and I am buying it regularly for my IRA. [/QUOTE]
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