You don't do this. You buy stock in a company that might produce toilet paper, but they probably produce all sorts of things beyond that too.
What you're thinking is a good idea...EXCEPT...you DON'T just buy stock in toilet paper as you have to buy stock in the company that makes the toilet paper. Therein lies the problem. Most companies that produce toilet paper are well diversified & have thousands of other products that they also produce. The toilet paper section of the company might well be making a fortune where their pharmaceutical section just got sued for a hundred billion dollars & the company overall is going under...hence no longer worth the money you invested in them although the toilet paper side would be doing great IF it was their sole product!!! I used to work for a brokerage house & I watched people make over a million dollars in one day & the next day they lost two million dollars. One client went to bed riding high on his investment only to wake up the next day to find half his money was gone. The stock market is EXTREMELY volatile right now; so I suggest you err on the side of caution & keep your money in your pocket!!!
You don't buy stock in toilet paper, but you could buy stock in the companies that manufacture them. Most of those are paper product makers or household goods makers and sell a lot of things besides toilet paper. You don't have to worry about the toilet paper market disappearing, but that does not mean a given manufacturer won't.
Yes, companies that sell consumer staples like toilet paper (and shampoo, soap, laundry detergent, etc.) are usually a safe investment. They are usually less volatile with market swings.
Consider Procter and Gamble, Kimberly Clark or Georgia Pacific. You might also consider stocks like Campbell soup, Kellogg's and Unilever.
You would buy stock in one of the makers of toilet paper. I recommend Kimberly-Clark symbol KMB.
I would discourage you from buying stocks in this, as it could end up going down the pan!
Investing isnt safe but the stock market always advance overtime. Think long term and invest using dollar cost average. You will be fine.
Get yourself a roth and invest into a 401k
Take care
There are stocks, and there are commodities.
Commodities are the actual items, like coffee beans, and corn.
There is an exchange for commodities, just like there is for stocks.
how do you buy stock in toilet paper and is it safe
