It's always easier to come up with a new business model than to find the perfect tweak for a failing one...

Thanks for the tip, I am definitely looking at it.

http://moneycentral.msn.com/detail/s...e?symbol=fsenx

I bought this 3 years ago and I double my investment. You will never complain about paying out the a$$ for gas again.

I hate brokers, mine screwed me over a few times. In 1998 he talked me into buying Microsoft and I sold that at a loss last year, only 1 dividend the entire time. He talked me out of a stock that would have made me some good money too. ED Jones can kiss my butt

Bank of America - It's one of the few banks who haven't lost money in any quarter during the downturn but their price is in the mid 30's. They don't have a lot of bad paper and they pay a .64cents per share dividend.

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Last week, March 6th, the American Cancer society released this article, intentionally after the market had closed.
http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/tic...58&Symbol=EXAS

Ok, maybe not the most glamorous stock pick, but we want to make money, right?

I checked out the price of the stock it was talking about EXAS and it was around 2.00 a share. Cheap for any and all. I could see the money on this one going up the following day after this news.

The next day it was over 3.50. 150 percent in one day. Hey thats not bad. This stock to me is just a hit and run. Make your money then get out.

Theres money to be made out there, you just have to be careful these days.

Lending-club or one of those types of sites looks a lot more enticing than this stock market. As for tips, can't believe no one has said this, buy low sell high! Glad I could get that one in.

Commodities may be where it is at. This summer, wheat was at 4.50, and late last month it was above 14. Too bad I sold mine @ 4.50. :cuss:

I've heard a few places suggest that when the market stalls, certain commodities can really cash in for you. But trading them is a whole new ballgame.

is anybody making money right now?
I guess just the day traders who get lucky with a pick, but that's about betting on dice these days. My heavily diversified and balanced portfolio is down -6% this year.

I own Kinross since they bought out a gold miner I owned a couple of years ago. It's had a very nice run and I'm looking for more.

If someone wants a pure commodity play I'd suggest an ETF for whatever you're interested in. One ETF for a play on gold is GLD. It tracks the price of gold and is very liquid. There are agriculture ETFs for a play on the rising prices on of a mix of grains. Do some research and invest in something you know about (maybe the industry you work in).

I think everyone is taking a hit right now. I have some gold and silver mining stocks that have doubled since this time last year. And still going steady.

But the mutual funds are all down. Best advise is be diversified.

Im thinking of taking a couple of my mutual funds and selling them. Keep the money in reserve, until the economic outlook is better. Yesterday in the news most of the economists agree we are heading into a recession (newsflash):shake:, . Any opinions on if i should or shouldn't do that?

Thats a good pick also. I looked into that one but stuck with GG. Can't go wrong with either.

i work for Sprint ;)

all i mean is i pass the word along when one blows my way