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Apple has been a good investment over time, but always past performance does not guarantee future results.
Apple is $601 per share now.
Schwab considers their fundamentals a little weak overall, and sees them in a market return pricing overall in the near future.
A report last April by Argus said they were an excellent buy at $524 with a $610 target. They are near that target now.
Ned Davis is neutral on them, but overweights the sector
S&P Capital says medium risk, and Buy with $625 price target
Vicker's shows insiders selling more than buying.
My own view is that a single stock is always high risk. If you like to own individual stocks using 5 is a good number. Mutual funds are longer term investing.
If you like to use analysts ratings,
COP - Conoco-Philips Petroleum - I have made a lot of money on this stock and its Philips 66 spinoff in the past few years and analysts still like the company.
HPQ - HP Compaq - I made my money on the merger after reading a article explaining the spread in price between Compaq market price and Compaq merger price, and I was fully convinced the merger would happen. Made 45% in 5 months. Now, I am not so sure about HPQ, but analysts like them.
TWX - Time Warner - They have a large tangible asset deficit in their book value as a result of mergers and acquisitions, and I avoid the large negative tangible asset balance sheet companies, but, analysts like them.
There are many ways to find good investments.
I recently made small purchases of UGI and ORI stock
UGI: http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=UGI&ql=0
UGI Increases Annual Dividend 4.4%, Marking the 130th Year of Common Dividends and the 27th Consecutive Year of Annual Dividend Increases, and currently at 2.5% dividend per year.
UGI Corporation, through its subsidiaries, distributes, stores, transports, and markets energy products and related services in the United States and internationally.
I like their revenue growth as steady over time.
ORI, Old Republic, is yielding 4.4% dividend.
Old Republic International Corporation, through its subsidiaries, is engaged in underwriting insurance products primarily in the United States and Canada.
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=ORI&ql=0
They have a steady revenue growth and profit, and a good asset base.
There are many potential investments in stocks, and I generally suggest never to put all the eggs in one basket.
Revenue Growth company?
REI Ring Energy Inc
high risk, as the stock price is soaring
http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=REI+I...
I only show a few examples. I do not say to buy or sell anything, but suggest to not gamble a heavy investment into a single company.
The iphone 6 could be big.
http://www.techradar.com/us/news/phone-a...
it is expected as a guess as September release.
Why are your grandparents giving you this money? Are you going to use it to pay for college? Do you plan to go to college, and do you have a plan to play for it? You need to think about where you are going in life and set some goals. And DO NOT put the entire $50,000 into any one stock. It's possible that the new iPhone will suck and everyone will switch to Samsung and then you'd be screwed.
No, personally I think Apple May be going down hill. Save it.
might as well use the majority into apple(40,000) and keep the rest for any possible problems( fines, debts, ect.)
Many new investors are lured to the appeal of a penny stock due to the low price and potential for rapid growth which may be as high as several hundred percent in a few days.
Check here http://penny-stock.gelaf.info
Similarly, severe loss can occur and many penny stocks lose all of their value in the long term. Accordingly, the SEC warns that penny stocks are high risk investments and new investors should be aware of the risks involved but you can even make very big money. These risks include limited liquidity, lack of financial reporting, and fraud. A penny stock is a common stock that trades for less than $5 a share. While penny stocks generally are quoted over-the-counter, such as on the OTC Bulletin Board or in the Pink Sheets, they may also trade on securities exchanges, including foreign securities exchanges. In addition, penny stocks include the securities of certain private companies with no active trading market. Although a penny stock is said to be "thinly traded," share volumes traded daily can be in the hundreds of millions for a sub-penny stock. Legitimate information on penny stock companies can be difficult to find and a stock can be easily manipulated.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Go to assetbuilder.com and look for Couch Potato Portfolio. Low fee ETF's are a good way to go. (e.g. DIA, SPY, DVY, AGG, BND)
if you want more involvement, buy high quality, dividend paying stocks (eg GE, T, PG, JNJ) reinvest the dividends. And yes, buy a little Aapl. And look at FB (I bought 100k recently. The mobile market will be huge)
if you want less involvement, buy Vanguard 2040 Target Fund (or similar).
Your earliest investing mistakes are the costliest. Penny stocks, options, tips from your barber will only cost you.
Diversify and Conquer.
Hey 16 yr old ..... put your money in a s&p 500 index fund with like fidelity or vanguard. If you do just that you will have well over 1 mil by the time you retire. Actually more.
stay away from individual stocks, too risky, even at your age.
Here's the key...........save your money............live below your means...........invest wisely.
Hey I'm 16 turning 17 next month. My grandparents are giving me $50,000 to invest/save ect. but I'm not sure what I should do with it. I have a couple ideas but I'm still thinking. I love real estate/finance and have been following the wall street journal and business insider the last few months. I stumbled across a article that was talking about morgan stanley(investment bank) telling its investors to invest in apple because of the new iphone 6 and how it could be big.
Here's the article: http://www.businessinsider.com/share-of-iphone-ownership-in-the-us-2014-5#!JdvQm
What do you think? Should I invest all my money into apple? Half?
Thanks so much.
