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Old 10-06-2008, 04:21 PM   #41
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Old 11-10-2008, 04:36 AM   #42
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Do you have a years living expenses in some very conservative investment?(cd etc).If not that would be a good first step.Also maybe it's not different this time and this bubble bursting could cause stocks to languish for 20 years as they have in Japan. Timing the market is impossible unless you're just lucky but Dollar cost averaging might be a better strategy than a lump sum into equities.
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Old 11-20-2008, 11:49 AM   #43
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When I was in my late teens, early 20's (late 90's, early 00's), I got exposed to lots of different things (my goal was early retirement, or at least better than 9-5). And I live in southern california, where the idea of 9-5 salaried work is gone. That model hasn't worked here for 20 years.

Got exposed to...

-Stocks/investing. Started with Wade Cook, a guru of the late 90's. Invested some money in charting services, subscriptions (thestreet.com, etc). Didn't lose much money on them ($50 a month, $20 a month), but a waste of time.

In investing, I'd skip straight to the good stuff....buffett, charlie munger, jim rogers, classic books (intelligent investor, etc). You can waste alot of time studying the wrong things in the market. Contrary to popular opinion, you don't have to invest all the time, or spend every minute of the day worried about it in order to succeed. The key is being right, not how much time you spend on it.

There's alot of garbage in investing though. Lots of scams. Lots of fees. Lots of people that think they know something, and they don't know anything. Lots of "salesmen", but they have cards that say, "financial planner" or "Financial consultant". Be wary.

-Got exposed to tony robbbins, personal development. Some of it good, some of it not.

One really good author I like, jay abraham. A marketing consultant, author. He fascinates me. He teaches very powerful marketing, business strategies.

You can learn the same thing, similar things from classic marketing books, but they don't come alive, you don't know what to do with it.

I think a really simple, sensible plan for most people...

-Work, build up some money.
-Keep expenses low.
-Stay out of debt.
-Go out, have fun, do normal things.

Use common sense!!

In investing, there are these two schools of thought, fundamental analysis and technical analysis. Go to any book store, and that's what's there. Almost like a rivalry.

But in some stocks or investments, they don't mean diddly. These investment banks that went bust....from $90 to $2 in a few weeks or a few months. Looking at charts wouldn't have told you what lehman brothers was doing or the mistakes a bank made. Or bad loans made by a mortgage broker. You think about it, what more would you need to know?

The key in investing is to avoid big losses. Stocks that go from $70 to $3 don't recover. That's what you want to avoid at all cost.

Then in your spare time, get exposed to things, see what works. Replace tv with books or seminars. You're going to get very smart, early. Then it sets you up to do what you want.

My advice is avoid big mistakes that take you out of the game, or hurt you badly.
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Old 11-20-2008, 03:32 PM   #44
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Thanks for the advice. I finally pulled the trigger sometime last week. 6,000 in Cemex (CX) and 3,000 in Vangaurd Mid cap index fund (vimsx). I'm DCA'ing 2k more into vimsx...just wish I had thought about DCA'ing into Cemex.
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Old 11-20-2008, 04:20 PM   #45
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Hey, I'm 19 and I want to retire ASAP (after I start working of course). When I'm 21 I'll have a degree in Engineering and hopefully about 50-60k $ saved. When I get a full-time job my plan is to save as much as possible (maybe rent an apartment instead of buying a house)... Right now my plan is to max out my Roth IRA (so it is tax free later), and put the rest into mutual funds.
Is there anything else I can do better?

Thanks a lot!
You are 19. Good you are thinking ahead, but don't forget to have tons of fun, do interesting things, travel to places you want to see, (esp do some travel before you have kids - if you plan on kids)

(ah, to be 19 again, what I'd do different!)

And remember "If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans."

(some older folks might also want to think about that one in light of recent market events)
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