Official Short-term Investments Thread

[lastprodigy]

Originally posted by sabad66

Hey how does that work? I wouldn't mind 48% per year.

sorry its been about 3.5 months since i had it...well jsut look at the bmo dividend fund, canadian only.....the tsx composite is nearly at its all time high.....so well see hwo it goes

[Weapon_R]

Originally posted by lastprodigy


would i be better off than my current dividend fund which has payed me about 12% over 3 months......also is it as easy to find, buy, sell, just by a click?

It's really that easy to trade stocks, but its much riskier.

[sputnik]

Originally posted by lastprodigy


sorry its been about 3.5 months since i had it...well jsut look at the bmo dividend fund, canadian only.....the tsx composite is nearly at its all time high.....so well see hwo it goes

I have some money in the BMO Dividend Fund. Its definately a good way to diversify across a number of income trusts and TSX 60 companies. With a 10 year 15% average you cant go wrong either.

http://globefunddb.theglobeandmail.c...ND&product_id=

[89coupe]

Hey Weapon_R,

have a look at this post I made this time last year.

http://www.performance-shop.com/yabb...?topic=23523.0

Now have a look at what they are trading at today.

[lastprodigy]

Originally posted by Weapon_R


It's really that easy to trade stocks, but its much riskier.

reccomend it or not ro a relative beginner i suppose...i know more than average though i supose?

[Weapon_R]

I would not recommend it for a weekend trader. Most people simply do not have the time to do it. I am going to try the mutual fund route now. If you are getting a steady 15% growth, you'd be crazy to try the stocks route, unless you are willing to see
-50% growth if you make a bad mistake. Of course, you could also see +50% growth too

If you have some money you can afford to lose, go for it. The payoffs are really, really good (see BME), but it can also mean a loss (see TYS).

[Weapon_R]

Originally posted by 89coupe
Hey Weapon_R,

have a look at this post I made this time last year.

http://www.performance-shop.com/yabb...?topic=23523.0

Now have a look at what they are trading at today.

Fock, I remember a PM you sent me about this and I wasn't sure about it...

Congrats though, awesome find! What's up and coming now?

[TheBenzo]

Any good penny stocks out now (buy in of $400)

[lastprodigy]

Originally posted by Weapon_R
I would not recommend it for a weekend trader. Most people simply do not have the time to do it. I am going to try the mutual fund route now. If you are getting a steady 15% growth, you'd be crazy to try the stocks route, unless you are willing to see
-50% growth if you make a bad mistake. Of course, you could also see +50% growth too

If you have some money you can afford to lose, go for it. The payoffs are really, really good (see BME), but it can also mean a loss (see TYS).

yea i guess youre right...im jsut trying to pile as much money into there as possible right now becasue its doign quite well and theres no fees/penalty to draw or anything .....i mean as of yesterday .... iive seen about 13.5% over basically 4 months.....now if that translates to 40% per annum im laughing....but i dont think so....still quite happy with it....just the boring factor gets to me sometimes...i mean will the tsx comp really see another all time high.....i guess well see!

[roopi]

Originally posted by TheBenzo
Any good penny stocks out now (buy in of $400)

I've been trading AMEP.OB for the past 2 weeks. Think it'll hit $0.10 by the end of next week for sure. Should dip tomorrow in the 6's somewhere for a good buying opportunity.

This isn't and investment. It's trading.

[Celica TVS3]

Originally posted by lastprodigy


yea i guess youre right...im jsut trying to pile as much money into there as possible right now becasue its doign quite well and theres no fees/penalty to draw or anything .....i mean as of yesterday .... iive seen about 13.5% over basically 4 months.....now if that translates to 40% per annum im laughing....but i dont think so....still quite happy with it....just the boring factor gets to me sometimes...i mean will the tsx comp really see another all time high.....i guess well see!

How much cash do you have?

If its only a few thousand hold onto that BMO dividend fund. It's had great returns over the last 15 years, the fund holds good solid companies, its well managed, you're paying 2% managment fee, and it requires zero effort on your part.

If you want to be more active in your investing, get a list of the funds major holdings and follow those companies as if you owned them as stock. Read the papers daily, follow the sectors, catch there annual reports.... before long you'll have enough money and knowadge to blow out the mutual fund (DSC free) and you can start buying common stock.

I would stay away from the speculation and gambling that you always here about. Buy a few good companies and hold onto the stock. Pay minimal commisions because you're not activley trading, ignore short term market volitility, collect the dividends, and watch your money grow at a resonable rate.

[Weapon_R]

Originally posted by roopi


I've been trading AMEP.OB for the past 2 weeks. Think it'll hit $0.10 by the end of next week for sure. Should dip tomorrow in the 6's somewhere for a good buying opportunity.

This isn't and investment. It's trading.

already hit 10 cents today! not a bad pick but it never dipped below 7, lucky to those guys who got it at 0.02!

[00redLUDE]

Originally posted by 89coupe
My latest tips are. Invest at your own risk

Solium Capital Inc (TSXV : SUM)
King Energy Inc (TSXV : KNG)
Result Energy Inc (TSXV : RTE)

and Bronco Energy Ltd. This is an IPO, go to sedar for information.

Hey, just wondering what your opinion of SAZ is? Hasn't really moved for awhile. Was at 0.20 initially and now it's down. Any thoughts?

[DannyO]

Good thread, I don't know much about trading/investing, but I've always been interested, for people who want to try it out risk free, goto http://game.marketwatch.com/Home/default.asp and do it with fake money, you can then learn how things work and what it takes to make money and how easy it is to lose it, I did it a couple years back with some software/hardware companies, I made ALOT of money, shame it wasn't real, but I plan to play with a decent amount of real money soon enough.

[/////AMG]

^^ I'll try that out,thanks! Always wanted to trade/invest, but don't even know how to get started (and none of you guys can tell/help me how now) because I'm in the UK.

I'll just watch you guys (especially 89coupe) get rich.

[ramminghard]

Can anyone explain to me what an exchangable ratio is?

[E36M3]

I know a lot of stocks on the LSE and LSE/AIM exchanges if you are interested in learning about them at all.

Originally posted by /////AMG
^^ I'll try that out,thanks! Always wanted to trade/invest, but don't even know how to get started (and none of you guys can tell/help me how now) because I'm in the UK.

I'll just watch you guys (especially 89coupe) get rich.

[89coupe]

I posted my latest tips in my stock section on my boards.

[roopi]

Originally posted by 89coupe
I posted my latest tips in my stock section on my boards.

Link?

[DarkDream]

It was in this thread

http://www.performance-shop.com/yabb...?topic=23523.0