Do you invest in the stock market?

[ringmastery]

[King of New Orleans]

1. Yes

[swag]

2. Yes, I do.

And how about you?

[ringmastery]

9. a little

I want to invest more heavily. Can anyone recommend some good books for the beginning investor?

[swag]

11. Burton Malkiel

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0393058549/qid=1089517205/sr=8-2/ref=pd_ka_2/102-9123622-7544959?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

The Random Walk Guide to Investing by Burton Malkiel

The Model Portfolios are Great.

[Yupster]

25. I'll recommend

"The Richest Man in Babylon."

Just a little pocketbook. You'll read it in two hours, but it tells a lot.

On edit, for more detailed info, try "The Millionaire Next Door."

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

3. Yes I do

I've invested since the Reagan years and my stocks generally increased in value. That is until that idiot G DUHbya took office.

Can't understand why the Wall Street Journal still supports that asshole. The Stock Market had its best performance during the Clinton years.

[Yupster]

23. Clinton's last year

was the worst year the stock market had in 20 years.

[quinn94704]

4. Yes

Are you looking for investment advice?! LOL.

[Yupster]

24. Anyone qualified to give investment advice

would know not to give it over the internet, so be careful.

[Yupster]

26. Follow John Edwards advice

Invest overseas.

Anyone see his disclosed holdings in the paper this week?

He owns mostly mutual funds from the American Funds company.

Overwhelmingly his largest holding was the American Funds "Euro-Pacific Fund" which is ironic since it's a foreign stock fund. I wonder if Edwards knows that while he goes around North Carolina talking about the outsourced jobs, he's heavily invested in the foreign companies that now have those jobs.

Irony can be so ironic sometimes.

[mopinko]

5. do you mean

individual stocks, or at all? got some money in a 401k, or is it a 201k.

[fishnfla]

6. Once Granny gives up the ghost, its down to me and 2 bluetick hounds

buy remington, y'all

[jab105]

7. did, lost a lot...I dont trust the economy enough to invest again for

a while...

[MercutioATC]

8. Yes, through my 401k

Actually they're funds tied to different stock indices. I don't invest in individual stocks.

[leftyandproud]

10. 70% of Americans do now in some shape or form. *NT*

[IrishBloodEngHeart]

12. yes, but only as part of my retirement savings.

I have actually put in more than it is worth, which is a drag.

[Liberal_Dog]

13. Yes

nt

[schultzee]

14. Yes, conservatively in stable utilities that pay dividends.

[girl gone mad]

15. Yes.

My stocks aren't doing very well right now. I did have better luck earlier this year, though.

It's a giant Ponzi scheme, no matter what anyone tells you.

[Redleg]

16. Why do you ask? Yesterday you asked if we expected an inheritance.

What the hell is your purpose? Perhaps doing a little trolling? I notice that you rarely respond to people posting on your thread.

[UdoKier]

17. No. My most profitable investment...

is paying down my credit card debt...

[redstateblues]

18. Cashed Out- Took The Hit- Bought a Duplex

[Union Thug]

19. I'm a hypocrite I guess...

...being a staunch socialist, but I do have a small percent of my paycheck deducted to buy stock in the company for whom I slave. It's not worth shit at this point.

[JayS]

20. Remember to not keep your money in only one stock. This...

...is never a good idea.

[unkachuck]

21. I have never invested in anything....

....financial, during my whole life, including the stock market....I am totally, financially, embarassed.....broke, but honest.....I guess the people much smarter than I will just have to feed me....:)

[Yupster]

22. Yes

for me and 350 other families.

I'm a stockbroker.

[notadmblnd]

27. Indirectly?

I have an annuity that is invested in various funds that are invested in companies that are traded on wall street. Other than that, I have precious metals. Silver is on it's way up again after a moderate dip earlier this spring.