Greetings,

With the current situation with BP (British Petroleum), an amazing investment opportunity has risen up.
Warren Buffett has reached his success through the application of a value-investment approach. He looks for companies that are worth more than what the stock market has them listed for.
BP isn't going anywhere guys, and because of this fiasco the market has assigned a super low stock price to the company. Used to be in the $60 per share range. Now it's trading at $28 1/2.

You basically have two types of investors:
1. Fundamental analysts.
2. Technical analysts.

The best investment approach in my opinion with eight years experience in trading stocks and investing in stocks is through synergy. I'm currently up 24% in one of my portfolios which I have not had for a year yet. The other one I'm beating the market by 10%.

Very rarely will you find a company that has desirable analysis results for both investors, but when you do, you have to jump.

This company is one of the 15 largest companies in the world, thus making it a Large Cap. Large Caps have lower risk than other stocks. You have a chance to buy this stock at a compelling value.

You have to decide whether you want quick profits or long-term growth. This stock can provide both. Generally Large Caps are so big that they only grow 8-10% year, which is not very lucrative for investors when compared to Small-Caps. But if you get in soon, you can double your money in five years, then take in a 8-10% on tip annually for "cherries on the icing". They also pay a handsome dividend, except for this year. Dividends is money in your pocket regardless of how the stock does.

Personally I use ShareBuilder to buy stocks because they are the cheapest on the net. You can drop $10K into the market and pay only a $4 commission!

If you have any questions, please ask. In the meantime I'll be buying BP.

V/R

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Thx for the info, i have been watching the stock and wondering how it was gonna play out. Do you anticipate a continue drop in price for another few weeks? I don't know how the market will go when the capital gain taxs takes off in a few months.....Fucking liberal fucks!!!!

Capital Gains Suck, plain and simple.

You bring up a good point. I meant to mention that the market absolutely HATES uncertainty. And it is possible for it to go lower. But here is why I think it won't go lower atleast in the short-term:

1. Technicals are showing a buy signal.
2. Bid/Ask numbers showing more buyers than sellers, upward momentum.
3. Volume charts showing buying.
4. Yahoo Finance shows this stock with a book value of $33 per share, so the minute you buy at $28 market value you've made $5 per share and haven't received it yet. This is what Peter Lynch use to do, because you're buying the stock now for cents on the dollar.

My guess, and I could be dead wrong, is it will go up in considerate increments 2 - 5% for a little while due to the herd investors, scalpers who are making about $1,500 per day with only an hour of effort, and institutions manipulating the market, then it will retrace to the middle of the swing. Swing meaning if the stock goes from 28 - 38, it could retrace to 33.

For the quick profiteers you have to buy and sell right, using the Keynes psychological investment strategy of "Castles-in-the-Air".

If you like BP, and are willing to hold onto them through the duration of volatility, then now is a good entry point.

V/R

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Risk can be reduced through proper education and tool application.
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The author cannot be held liable for the readers investment performance, or lack there of.
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Thanks for the heads up Ksleo on BP. What our your thoughts on GE right know?



"You cannot have what you donot want"
John Acosta

Whats a decent amount to invest starting off. I dont want to look stupid by investing too little, or go all out and liquidate my estate.....(as though I have anything to liquidate)...lol.

Here is a piece of advice my old man gave me that might apply.
Don't invest what your not willing to lose.

TheDrag0n61 wrote:

Here is a piece of advice my old man gave me that might apply. Don't invest what your not willing to lose.

Exactly. Only invest the amount of money you would never knew was gone.

Don't get an equity loan to invest.

So is a grand too small an investment or is that enough to do any good.