Stocks

Now is the time of year when various publications publish lists of mutual funds that have done well over time. Omitted from these listings is turnover. A fund with a high turnover will generate short term capital gains. For tax purposes you might do better to have such a fund in your IRA rather than your taxable account. Investigate further, don't just use a list.

Is this group still active? I just started day trading with Scottrade this month. I know NOTHING but made 11% since the 1st of August.
Would like hot tips or discussion from time to time.

Wed. night on CNBC, there is a program on what the Co. plans to do, to turn things around. This should be interesting, especially to the ones, who own stock in this Co. It is at 9:00 PM, Eastern Standard Time. I will be watching this, for sure.

Looks like GE is a buy, stock price down, good dividends and a new partnership. Wish I had some loose money. This one is good for dividend reinvestment plan. Guess thats the way I'm going to have to go. If you are interested, you can go to bnymellon.com. Its fun to make a little money. Good Investing to ya......

Enjoyed the info, from nightree. I believe, I would like a small electric car, in the future. Keep the news coming on this topic. Remember me saying, I like BUD, not doing so bad, considering the economy. Still sending small amounts in for my dividend reinvestment accounts. Keep the faith........

A story which has received a little coverage in this country is that Nissan/Renault has cut a deal with Israel to supply electric cars. Israel will work on the infrastructure needed to support them.
Now Nissan has announced they will make those cars available in the U.S. in 2010. They aren't the only ones working on them.
Where we are headed is two classes of cars; a town car and a highway car. Vehicles like the Prius shine in local stop and start driving. Gasoline vehicles are at their worst when used for local driving.
Eventually one or more auto makers will be big winners. But electric utilities charging such cars overnight will be able to flatten their load and achieve certain economies and greater revenues.
Anyone who has tried to start a car on a cold morning knows that batteries are the week link. Enter the "electrochemical double layer capacitor". In one test the charge from such a device started a car at thirty below. Nearly all of the patents and development work on these devices is taking place in Japan. It's a buzz phrase to know. I haven't identified an investment tied to it directly.

Hello All,

For those interested in option trading or learning about option trading, there is a new group, ..........

"Stock Option Trading".

The veteran traders can post there suggestions and the "newbies" can ask their questions.

I am not a seasoned option trader, far from it....but I"m learning.

I felt there might be an interest in option trading if there were a special group dealing it.

Please join in and post your questions or suggestions.

Talon

Would be interested hearing from anyone trading stock options or learning how to trade stock options.

There was an article in Kiplingers that was an interview with Bill Gross of Pimco. He thinks with yields being what they are that now might be a time to get into muni bond funds such as those offered by Nuveen and others. There are also ETFs of munis that are selling at a discount. Worth a look.

Has anyone noticed how closely the various stock markets are correlated? I was getting into foreign stocks, thinking that they were safer but that doesn't seem to be the case.