Investing 102

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by toy71camaro

Thanks for the feedback guys.

I will look on Schwab to see what the show for the different sectors..

i was looking at utilities, and they seemed so up/down. I wasnt sure if i would be better off diving into a more "steady eddie" (ie. PEP) vs what i seen in the utilities sector (PG&E, Edison, etc).

Just kind of poking you here a bit... so please don't take this personally since we've never met -- and you have to know me to understand my "personality"....

For Investing 102 --- I don't care what anyone buys - or doesn't buy... and I'm never pushing or suggesting any stocks or bonds... only the way you THINK about investing -- and what to look for etc. I use my portfolio as examples only and try to incorporate a "here's a way to look at X".

To compare Pepsi (PEP) and Con Edison (ED) and say that they seem so up and down... kind of tells me that you need to keep reading this thread... cause you're missing something.

ED has a 1 year total return of 22.7% - 3 year of 92.5% - 5 year of 57% and pays a 4.15% dividend based on current price

PEP has a 1 year total return of 3.3% - 3 year of 47.5% - 5 year of 15.1% and pays a 3.29% dividend based on current price.

So --- over three years you'd have doubled your money in ED and only been up 50% in PEP... and over 5 years you'd be 3 times ahead of PEP...

I'm only picking on you here because this is a great example to use... so again -- please don't take this personally. I'm using it as an INVESTING 102 example for everyone that reads - because if we're not all learning something then we're just wasting our time. Right?