The Stock Market Pro

Mr. Buffet does not pick the BEST stock every time, in fact, he has had many loosers but like all investors/traders, he had more winners than loosers.

Making money is not about having profits in every trade, a good investor/trader can make a very good living averaging profits in 35% of their trades.

One of the most important factor of trading/investing is not so much making money in every trade, but protecting what you have. A sound money management program protect every professional trader/investor and provides them with strong financial success.

Everyone has their own proven method. For me,nothing is more important than the balance sheet and ratios. What do you guys consider most important when picking stocks? Please do not name any real stocks.

Only one sure thing in the stock market, and that is fluctuation. The market will go up and the market will go down. The real trick to making money is to make good guesses as to which it is going to do and when.

Examine the markets, choose a stock with a good record of dividends and capitol gains. Compare it to the performance of other stocks in the industry, and compare its performance to the overall market. When it is all over, it still comes down to paying your money and taking your chances.

Personally, I don't have the nerve or the education to play the stocks. I invest in mutual funds. Use the same methods, study past performance (though this is no guarantee of future performance), study the portfolio held by the fund, study turn-over in the portfolio, study the fund management and the stability of that management. Look at the record of dividends and capitol gains disbursements. Then decide if you want to play it safe, take big gambles, or small gambles. It is actually best to spread your investment among several funds in different categories. Invest part of your funds in safe growth/income funds, and only invest what you can afford to throw away in high risk funds. Put the rest in low or medium risk funds. That will give you relatively safe growth, some mildly risky chances for big profits, and a chance to either make big profits or loose your butt. With risk spread, you probably won't loose evereything.

Doc Hudson

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For Government class, we're doing a stock market game. We pick two stocks to invest and by the end of the year, whoever has the most money wins. So, your suggestions, plus ticker symbols if possible. Thanks.

What are your number 2 and 3 picks for 2008?