
It is now 2006, he has most of his debt paid, has been back to work for 6 years, and has settled with the IRS. He had a pretty good understanding of the stock markets when he started.
Why do I say this? You had better take the next 3 to 6 months educating yourself before investing a dollar. For every one person making mad money on stocks, there are a hundred making nothing or even losing most of it.
Brokerage accounts are set up so that all control is vested with the owner of the account. The owner would simply grant me the power to trade in his behalf.


Here are few stocks you can invest on blindly.
1) ISPAT INDUSTRIES
2) LLOYD STEEL
3) WELSPUN GUJARAT
4) RELIANCE PETROLEUM
5) RELAINCE NATURAL RESOURCES
6) LIC HOUSING FINANCE
7) POWER GRID CORPORATION
PTC INDIA LTD
9) PRAJ INDUSTRIES
10) RELIANCE ENERGY LIMITED
Before starting investement on above, wait for correction and average out while buying the above stocks. I mean start from small quantity and keep increasing your stock as and when correction breaks sensex.
Well, all above stocks are gold for long term. For short term also, you will be advised for the same.
Keep investing.
Jignesh
ummm…no DAY TRADING BUYING POWER ANYONE… NO OK

Thank you!

BCON (Beacon Power Corp) $1.56
CPST (Capstone Turbine) $1.55
CDE (Coeur D Alene Corp.) $4.35
CEDU (China Education Corp.) $8.70
SOV (Soverign Bancorp.) $11.95

before you do it, learn how to trade in the right way, and how to read market pulse or read indicators. market by itself is living pulses, if you can take the pulse you are wll on your way of financial freedom.
Yes you could learn invest by yourself. it is your money, you should know how to do with it. for starter check this site out.
http://www.pathtoinvesting.org/index_fla…
http://www.stockcharts.com
http://www.streettalklive.com>… university. a lot amount of information. It will serve you well
I accumulate in good amount in 401k at the young age.I could share with you. when consider invest in stock market. you should consider basic 3 things:
fundamental analysis==(economic data,finincial health, management, business model, competetion)>>what to buy
technical analysis==(chart+indicator)>> when to buy
Sentiment/schycho analysis==>>mood of investor, Contrarian point of view.
Market cycle===>> check out book Trader Almanac by jeff hirsch will give you inside stuff
When you combine 3 thing, It is one of the powerful knowledge goinh with you for the rest of your live
At the age of 32. my 401k is amassed 71,000.00 and 30000.00 in taxble account. by follow simple rule
I have
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Hey! You have done well. You have a good split between domestic equities and foreign stocks, but I think you should look into some small cap growth and small cap equity mutual funds.
Have you looked at the American Association of Individual Investors?
If I were young or even middle age, I would be investing in small cap growth mutual funds or stocks. Go here for excellent low cost advice (http://www.aaii.com/aaiiportfolios/commentaries/stockportfolio/200701comment.cfm).
Don't be alarmed at the low cost – it has some of the best financial advice on the Web.
If you have lots of time before retirement the magic of compound interest will just keep building and building. It really works and if you keep investing and re-investing your proftis every year, in 10 or 15 years you will be surprised at how it mounts up. In 30 years you could be a millionaire which probably won't amount to much in 30 year owing to the the ravages of inflation. But stocks are a good hedge against inflation.
By that time you may need a money manager to manage your money – probably before when you reach the $500,000 mark. Heck! If you have achieved that much, you probably don't need a money manager – you are the best judge of where to invest your money by that time.
And that's the primary reason to keep investing in small cap growth stocks – they will flog inflation to death.
When investing in mutual funds, select the no-load funds only. Do not invest in mutual funds with a "load", an up front commission that you have to pay before when they sell you the mutual fund. Some charge as much as 10% which is a rrip-off. Many studies have shown that the no-load funds do as well as the load funds and sometimes a lot better.
Look at the AAI Shadow Stock Portfolio. I would try and emulate that portfolio if you want to invest in stocks. It was up 25% as of November 2006. The Vanguard Index fund is only up 14%.
AAII has some of the best financial advisers and the cost is very low. They have excellent guides and advice.
You may need a broker so go to e-Trade or Scottsdale who have low commission rates.
Do your own due diligence. Your own ideas are the best. Do not depend on someone else to select investments for you. Learn about investing so you don't have to ask what stocks to invest in.
Be self reliant.
Remember what Emerson said: A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do.
Find stocks that have steadily rising net profits (earnings), low debt, and good P/Es, lots of cash, companies buying back their stock..
What interests you? Find stocks that pique your interest and passion.
You need fast growing good stocks with good earnings and in good sectors. You need to learn more about the stock market before you even think about investing in it.
The stocks world is divided into 12 sectors such as energy which chevron belongs to. It is next to last in the sectors list today.
Technology is numero uno, but things can change in a new york minute, but within the sector, the fastest growing are computer services, not Microsoft. Then, Electronic Instruments and controls. Next is computer storage devices.
The next hot sector is Healthcare, but heed the warning below. Go here for sectors: (http://clearstation.etrade.com/cgi-bin/Itechnicals?Event=srp&Section=redge&Refer=/redge.html)
The best software is Vector Vest if you can afford it. It has sector investing.
Here is a free Web site for charting stocks: (http://www.incrediblecharts.com/).
First of all, stay away from "professional brokers" and tips coming to you via e-mail or friends and acquaintances. And tips at Yahoo! Answers. And e-mail tips. Do your own due diligence – don't rely on someone else. Read Emerson's essay "Self Reliance.
Hey! They will say anything to get you to buy their junk. If it's too good to be true, it is.
Remember this, they are just sales people trying to sell you what their firm is pushing. They are not security analysts or financial planners, not even financial advisers. Trust me, I know from experience that they cannot be trusted especially with a million dollars. You risk losing it all. A million dollar account is known as a "whale" and they would love to get their greedy little paws on it and suck it dry. They just want to make commissions on what they buy and sell for the suckers, err…clients..
Get this book: The Market Gurus: Stock Investing Strategies You Can Use from Wall Street's Best (Paperback)
by John P. Reese (Author), Todd O. Glassman
Risk avoidance is the name of the game.
Remember, the harder I work, the luckier I get.
Penny stocks are highly speculative. I would avoid the ones under a dollar a share. For example, Best Buy started at less than $5. So there are some good companies, but it takes a lot of digging to find the good ones. You are looking for companies with good earnings, little debt, low capitalization, and good P/Es. For stocks under $5, very few will meet these requirements.
Stay away from the pharms unless they have patented drugs – do not invest in generic pharms, no growth there.
Check out which business sectors are the most popular and invest in the companies in those sectors. The number one, two and three are: technology, health care, and cyclicals (retail). These change periodically so keep current.
Go here for a list of growth stocks: http://www.thestreet.com/_googlen/newsanalysis/ratings/10345212.html?cm_ven=GOOGLEN&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA
There are these lists all over the Web – you pays your money and takes your chances.
Watch CNBC, but don't pay too much attention to the talking heads, except for Jim Cramer, the wild man – but he tries to teach you how to invest and has some great advice.
Get Jim Cramer's Real Money: Sane Investing in an Insane World by James J. Cramer
Listen to Jim Cramer on CNBC.com
Go to Clearstation for quotes and tutorials on investing at (http://clearstation.etrade.com/). Sign up is free. Look up a few stocks. Do their tutorials. Check out the sectors.
Get this book: Value Investing: From Graham to Buffett and Beyond (Wiley Finance) by Bruce C. N. Greenwald, Judd Kahn, Paul D. Sonkin, and Michael van Biema.
Another good book: The Motley Fool Investment Guide for Teens: 8 Steps to Having More Money Than Your Parents Ever Dreamed Of (Motley Fool) by David Gardner, Tom Gardner, and Selena Maranjian
Jim Cramer's Mad Money: Watch TV, Get Rich by James J. Cramer and Cliff Mason
I Want to Make Money in the Stock Market: Learn to Begin Investing Without Losing Your Life Savings! by Chris M. Hart\
Sensible Stock Investing: How to Pick, Value, and Manage Stocks by David P. Van Knapp
Stock Investing For Dummies (For Dummies (Business & Personal Finance)) by Paul Mladjenovic
All About Stock Market Strategies : The Easy Way To Get Started by David Brown and Kassandra Bentley
The Motley Fool Investment Guide and their Web site (http://www.fool.com/).
The Little Black Book of Microcap Investing: Beat the Market with NASDAQ/AMEX Microcap Stocks, OTCBB Penny Stocks, and Pink Sheet Stocks by Dan Holtzclaw
How To Make Money In Stocks: A Winning System in Good Times or Bad, 3rd Edition by William J. O'Neil
Trading for a Living: Psychology, Trading Tactics, Money Management by Alexander Elder
Big Trends in Trading: Strategies to Master Major Market Moves (A Marketplace Book) by Price Headley
Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds (Paperback)
by Charles Mackay (Author), Andrew Tobias (Foreword) This book talks about the Tulip craze in Holland where people would mortgage their homes to buy Tulip bulbs. Same thing happened in 2001 – 2002 with the Internet bubble that brought the stock market to its knees. The dot com companies were the Tulip bulbs.
Buy Investors Business Daily. It has lots of tutorials and I like it better than the stodgy Wall St Journal.
Money Game by Adam Smith
Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings (Wiley Investment Classics) (Hardcover)
by Philip A. Fisher. Recommended by Warren Buffet who took $100,000 and grew it to $34 billion!
Value Investing with the Masters by Kirk Kazanjian
Valuegrowth Investing by Glen Arnold
The 5 Keys to Value Investing by J. Dennis Jean-Jacques
The Intelligent Investor Rev Ed. (Collins Business Essentials) by Benjamin Graham. Warren Buffet was his student at Columbia.
The Money Masters by John Train
The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing by Taylor Larimore
Common Sense on Mutual Funds: New Imperatives for the Intelligent Investor by John C. Bogle
Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes And How To Correct Them: Lessons From The New Science Of Behavioral Economics by Gary Belsky
Rule #1: The Simple Strategy for Successful Investing in Only 15 Minutes a Week! by Phil Town . See his Web site at (http://www.ruleoneinvestor.com/). Free sign-up. I got the book at the library.
Listen. You don't have to spend a lot of money on these books – most can be found at your library and those that your library doesn't have they can usually get from other libraries in your state.
Most of these books talk about stock and mutual fund investing, but for a good introduction to other forms of investing Gerald Appel has a great book called Opportunity Investing – How to Profit When Stock Advance, Stocks decline, Inflation Run Rampant, Prices fall, Oil Prices Hit the Roof and Every Time In Between.
First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman Not a book on investing, but it's a nice segue into the next book.
Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton
Go Put Your Strengths to Work: 6 Powerful Steps to Achieve Outstanding Performance by Marcus Buckingham
Finding your strengths is important when investing. These books teach you to build on your strengths, what you a good at. Everyone is good or passionate about something. Why not get better at what you are good at?
Another good book is: Opportunity Investing: How To Profit When Stocks Advance, Stocks Decline, Inflation Runs Rampant, Prices Fall, Oil Prices Hit the Roof, … and Every Time in Between (Hardcover)
by Gerald Appel
Most mutual funds do not even keep up the the return on the S&P. That's like 99% of them.
Vanguard Index funds are a no brainer.
A CD is better than a savings account. They range from six months to several years. You cannot touch your money tho until the time limit is up.
Check out this Web site on Direct Investment Plans where you can buy shares directly from companies: (http://www.fool.com/School/DRIPs.htm). Usually no fees and you can buy one share at a time.
Bonds are probably the safest. But they are not for the young. You might try a bond fund. They might return 5 or 6 percent. At 5% a million would return $50,000 a year – not a bad income. Remember, you have to pay taxes on the $50,000.
There are also municipal bonds and the income from them is taxfree especially if you buy them in a state that offers them, but they only pay about 3%, but it's mostly taxfree.
Look into Fidelity sector funds. Buy the top three, then in six months look how they are doing and if not so hot, select the next three that are best. Do this for a few years and you will make lots of money.
Kindest Personal Regards,
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P.S. This is a life-long learning process. Reading these books and applying the rules to analyzing stocks that may be good It takes time. Be patient and keep reading and listening. Don't be a sucker and follow someone elses advice. Be your own man or woman. Depend on no one except yourself. You can only get smarter and stronger that way.
P.P.S. Internet has lots of good stuff, for example (http://stockcharts.com/school/doku.php?id=chart_school:technical_indicators:moving_average_conve
Stockcharts.com is very good and their discussion of MACD is one of the best, barring its originator, Gerald Apple, but now we are getting into Technical Analysis and that is not for beginners. But it is an important factor in finding good stocks that are going up and growing. Remember, tiny acorns grow into mighty oaks.
I UNDERSTAND the entire message except for the last line. Why would any equity option that is in the money by $.05 or more be automatically exercised??? I don't understand that at all.
Thank you.


The most successful traders are the ones who don't make many trades. Day trading is pretty much the same as taking the Patriots to cover the spread. Accept the Patriots would pay off better.
Think long-term.
Your first option should be to fund fully a retirement account. If you do this, and you have extra cash, then one of the best things you can do is open a DRIP Plan.
Go to : low-cost-stock-recommendations
.com
Click on the "DRIP's" Button on the Navigation Bar
These powerful investment plans are seldom talked about because brokers make very little money when they suggest them. Yet, they have proven to be one of the best, if not the best, long-term strategy on Wall Street.
They are perfect for small investors, as well as big investors. They are safe and allow you to not care about whether the market is going up or down. They are a must for any serious investor.
If you decide you are interested in DRIP Plans, click on the advertisement on the same page "$4 to purchase stocks". This will answer your next question, which is, How do I get started? and what is the least expensive way to get started?
I strongly recommend looking into it. They are great plans.
Good Luck
I've also heard, though, that you can get up 4x buying power if you're a day trader with a larger account balance (say: $100,000).
Does anyone know what the typical "minimum" account balance you need to maintain to get up to this 4x level? Can you often get it with a $25,000 deposit (minimum amount needed for pattern day trading) or do you need to deposit six figures?
Thanks!




