Comments on: How to Invest: Would You Consider Single Stocks? http://ptmoney.com/how-to-invest-would-you-consider-single-stocks/ Real Personal Finance for a Life Without Limits! Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:36:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Craig/FFBhttp://ptmoney.com/how-to-invest-would-you-consider-single-stocks/comment-page-1/#comment-10375 Craig/FFB Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://ptmoney.com/?p=6679#comment-10375 I hear you about the Blockbuster example. I bought some Starbucks (the stock, but also the coffee) when Schulz came back as CEO. We love going there and the fact that we gotten over a 100% return is a nice bonus (or course we might have drank our way up to that stock appreciation ourselves!).I have some other individual shares. My main portfolio is in my IRA and is diversified through various mutual funds. Individual stocks are a way to invest a little more specifically and to amble with some play money. I hear you about the Blockbuster example. I bought some Starbucks (the stock, but also the coffee) when Schulz came back as CEO. We love going there and the fact that we gotten over a 100% return is a nice bonus (or course we might have drank our way up to that stock appreciation ourselves!).

I have some other individual shares. My main portfolio is in my IRA and is diversified through various mutual funds. Individual stocks are a way to invest a little more specifically and to amble with some play money.

]]> By: Cee Howardhttp://ptmoney.com/how-to-invest-would-you-consider-single-stocks/comment-page-1/#comment-10349 Cee Howard Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://ptmoney.com/?p=6679#comment-10349 Why would an investor not buy WMT at a $52 low, reinvest the dividend of 2.2%, then in 10-12-15 or more years use that income, now probably doubled as dividends are raised yearly, as retirement income? McDonald's pays over 3 percent, same principle. Then there are Master Limited Partnerships in oil, gas paying 6-8% and Real Estate Investment Trusts paying similar amounts. You do not lose with Blue Chip, dividend-paying stocks. This is the Value Investing principle. No matter the downtrend, these stocks bounce back. Please, don't remind the people who lost tens of thousands on mutual funds 2007-2009. They're still hurting. They have yet to make it up. (Not that all funds are bad, but you might be surprised at some of the big losers.) Due to some friends' very bad experiences, I find it hard to look at a fund now. Dividends are a measure of a company's present value, and future increases are one measure of value to come. There are several other measures. My best to you. Why would an investor not buy WMT at a $52 low, reinvest the dividend of 2.2%, then in 10-12-15 or more years use that income, now probably doubled as dividends are raised yearly, as retirement income? McDonald’s pays over 3 percent, same principle. Then there are Master Limited Partnerships in oil, gas paying 6-8% and Real Estate Investment Trusts paying similar amounts. You do not lose with Blue Chip, dividend-paying stocks. This is the Value Investing principle. No matter the downtrend, these stocks bounce back. Please, don’t remind the people who lost tens of thousands on mutual funds 2007-2009. They’re still hurting. They have yet to make it up. (Not that all funds are bad, but you might be surprised at some of the big losers.) Due to some friends’ very bad experiences, I find it hard to look at a fund now. Dividends are a measure of a company’s present value, and future increases are one measure of value to come. There are several other measures. My best to you.

]]> By: Jebhttp://ptmoney.com/how-to-invest-would-you-consider-single-stocks/comment-page-1/#comment-10348 Jeb Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://ptmoney.com/?p=6679#comment-10348 Buying stocks is like gambling to me! It's the best way to get a high return in a short time...if you pick a winner that is. I've been burned before as well....mostly off tips from friends on the "next big thing" stock. So far my gains have outweighed my losses. As far as the BB deal goes, 33 cents a share is well worth the risk. Look at Ford. I wish I would have picked up some of that last summer....but you never know. Buying stocks is like gambling to me! It’s the best way to get a high return in a short time…if you pick a winner that is. I’ve been burned before as well….mostly off tips from friends on the “next big thing” stock. So far my gains have outweighed my losses. As far as the BB deal goes, 33 cents a share is well worth the risk. Look at Ford. I wish I would have picked up some of that last summer….but you never know.

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