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.

The popular investing group Taiipan sends out investing information like crisis trades – but I'd really like to be convinced i'm not throwing away money …. can any one vouch for their effectiveness?

Or even better is there anywhere you can get good advice on great stock picks, just like Taiipan?

On the tapco intrafuse stock for the sks, there's a rail on the handguard, just in front of the rear sight. Does this get in the way of the sights? If so I'll buy one of those ventelated steel replacements, so not a big deal. I've arrangd to pick the rifle up on Saturday, and I'll buy the handguard( if nececarry today)

If someone really had a good stock pick, why would they give it to you? Wouldn't they invest everything they could before telling you? The only reason people would give you "advice" is because they already own it and they want you to buy it and drive up the price for them.

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

I recently opened an account with Zecco and put in $1000. I can't start trading stocks until I meet the required minimum of $2500. I was wondering if the $1000 earns any interest.