Stock market

Silound · 03-31-2012, 11:52 PM

I've got mine about evenly distributed through a couple energy related ETFs and a handful of stocks that are solid companies with regular dividends.

I typically shy away from straight mutual funds...they're "safer" but a decent bit slower; the excessive management fees and regulations mean that they frequently under-perform the market as a whole in any given year.

Remember the key in investing is to -make- money, not break even. If inflation means a dollar today is worth .90 next week, I want to see my dollar today pull more than 11 cents back as a return!

03-31-2012, 11:52 PM	#14
Silound ex-CS Swamp Gorilla Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Somewhere in a swamp, south of sanity Posts: 802 Trading: (15)	Re: Stock market I've got mine about evenly distributed through a couple energy related ETFs and a handful of stocks that are solid companies with regular dividends. I typically shy away from straight mutual funds...they're "safer" but a decent bit slower; the excessive management fees and regulations mean that they frequently under-perform the market as a whole in any given year. Remember the key in investing is to -make- money, not break even. If inflation means a dollar today is worth .90 next week, I want to see my dollar today pull more than 11 cents back as a return! __________________ Back in black, and better than ever! You can't keep a good gorilla down! LSU Geaux Tigers!