Investing 102

[fleetus macmullitz]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

Louis Navellier is a super smart guy... and this is a very good - short - read about super easy to follow things to look for in a stock. Forget the stock advice at the end - that's not the reason for this post -- but rather his "reasoning" behind looking for GROWING EARNINGS... in his stock picks.



http://www.moneyshow.com/investing/a...sting-in-2012/

Enjoyed it, danke schoen Herr Veld.

[Blake Foster]

Just got a call from my broker today, one of my stocks went up 5.00 today and the company is being taken over, he suggested we sell and move to a different energy stock that pays 7.5% dividend.
my plan ended up with a 20% return over the last year and is up 5% this year already.
He was saying it has been the best performing plan he has reviewed this year sofar. i just wish i had way more in there.
but all i do is look at it and forget about it,i have averaged about 17% over the last 8 years

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by killer69

Just got a call from my broker today, one of my stocks went up 5.00 today and the company is being taken over, he suggested we sell and move to a different energy stock that pays 7.5% dividend.
my plan ended up with a 20% return over the last year and is up 5% this year already.
He was saying it has been the best performing plan he has reviewed this year sofar. i just wish i had way more in there.
but all i do is look at it and forget about it,i have averaged about 17% over the last 8 years

Some guys are better lucky than smart.... which category do you fit?

Are you mostly in Canadian stocks and funds?? Eh?? I don't track "their" market but it wouldn't surprise me a bit that overall that market might be better than the US! We have managed to spend ourselves into oblivion... and just about wrecked our housing market (because we're a nation of over spenders!). Maybe we should swap places?!?! But you have to leave the Nova behind.

[Sieg]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

(because we're a nation of over spenders!)

Glad I wasn't taking a drink when I read those words coming from your keyboard!

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by Sieg

Glad I wasn't taking a drink when I read those words coming from your keyboard!

Spending is RELATIVE.... to the income.

[Blake Foster]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

Some guys are better lucky than smart.... which category do you fit?

Are you mostly in Canadian stocks and funds?? Eh?? I don't track "their" market but it wouldn't surprise me a bit that overall that market might be better than the US! We have managed to spend ourselves into oblivion... and just about wrecked our housing market (because we're a nation of over spenders!). Maybe we should swap places?!?! But you have to leave the Nova behind.

Definatly in the SMRT catagory!!!! oh wait I just reread the question, you must be talking about someone else cuz smart and lucky are not in my vocabulary. Now the broker he might be smart??? or lucky i really don't care which it is
yes mostly Canadian bought 2 new ones today one canadian oil company and one us fuel distribution company.

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by killer69

Definatly in the SMRT catagory!!!! oh wait I just reread the question, you must be talking about someone else cuz smart and lucky are not in my vocabulary. Now the broker he might be smart??? or lucky i really don't care which it is
yes mostly Canadian bought 2 new ones today one canadian oil company and one us fuel distribution company.

I agree with you Blake! Doesn't make any difference... lucky vs smart or both or none.... as long as it's going UP!

for you!

[Bucketlist2012]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

I agree with you Blake! Doesn't make any difference... lucky vs smart or both or none.... as long as it's going UP!

for you!

I am working on being smarter..

Luck ?? Oh my... I have plenty of that..

Right place, at the right time..Not all by my doing, but I will take it...

I bought at the right time in life...Again some by sheer Luck.

Looking back after reading this thread, i could have done even better...

Most of it was by not being too greedy, by getting in when everyone else would not, and by just being in the game. And not on the sidelines..

Sure the easy money was made from late 2008 to 2010. But even in 2011, with volatility at it's peak, money was made, and dividends were earned, so better to be in, than to be on the sidelines.

And the over spending ??? Well not being one of them, I got the deals of a Lifetime on Property after 2009...While the overspending of fake equity crushed them.

you would think that over spenders would learn ? remember , I have the family members with zero retirement money, going over and over to Europe, and foreclosed and bankrupt, by overspending..

I tried to help for a while...What a waste of time and money that was..

[GregWeld]

Solar --- What you've done is both smart and lucky.... you have to be smart enough to make some luck!

Anyone that is buying properties NOW -- they're lucky that someone else took a big hit on it -- and you're SMART buying at these depressed prices! That building I just bought (I'm the bank only) for my brother in law -- cost $600K to build -- He bought for $335K -- how can that not be good for him long term??He's lucky I can bankroll it for him (6% interest), but HE is smart making the move.

The oldest saying in the Universe (thanks AL!) is BUY LOW, SELL HIGH.... it aint' rocket science!!

When we look at those long term charts of good stocks.... IF -- IF -- they continue on the historic path -- they SHOULD BE higher over time... as should real estate. My bet is - if you wait to see when they're going higher - you're already late. Sometimes it's just hard to take the plunge when things don't look so hot. The folks that do - they're the lucky ones! Or are they just being smart enough to create their own luck?