Hey all browsed this site and finally decided to get involved and chat.

I am a senior in college am going to begin a stock portfolio simulation for ten weeks, 2/9/09-4/17/09, for my "Fundamentals of Investing Class".

Details:

Will be done on Stocktrak.com

$500,000 initial investment (must be investing at least $490,000 at all times)

Can only invest in stocks, must have at least 8 common stocks, cannot invest more than 25% of investment in one stock

Portfolio must be revised at least once and must have at least 15 transactions during the investment period.

-If someone could point me in the direction of a good site for basic investing advice or offer some nuggets, I would appreciate it. I have never actually invested before and only know about the stock market through what I have picked up from conversing with people or my professors lectures. Thanks.

You come to a POKER forum for this? And...on top of that, you want us to do your homework FOR YOU?! Come on...insta ban. You're in a class called "Fundamentals of Investing" and you want "basic investing advice"?!

Tech stocks are rallying I hear.

i really hate people like you who are exceptionally unhelpful and act like an ******* for no apparent reason. variations of this question have probably been asked thousands of times on this forum. giving him advice on where to go for to learn more about investment strategies is quite different from 'doing his homework'

insta ban... durkadurka

No I didn't.

No, I don't.

Huh? I've never invested before...at all. Listening to a Korean professor lecture a few hours a week doesn't mean I'm beyond advice....

What, is 1min of google too much to ask?

wouldn't you agree that navigating through the vast droves of information google searching something this broad would return is daunting to say the least, not to mention more than one minute of your time?

I have spent hours sifting through pages upon pages of returned search query's online, and tryed my best to listen and talk to my professors about the topic...just thought I would come here to get some advice from some people who seem to know what their talking about. If, in your book, my work still isn't worthy of posting a question in this forum, then I don't know what to tell you. Skip over my future threads?

I think motley fool would be a good place for you to start. www.fool.com (this is not a joke, actual website)

also, investopedia.

gl

-HoyaSaxa

If I were you I would be looking into diversifying your portfolio. There are three place where you should start your search. The first being gold. Gold is going to protect your portfolio from inflation. Silver is better than gold because it is very effective against werewolves.

Everyone knows that banks are hurting and that's why the government has been hosing the banks down with cash. It's more exciting for the bankers than a spring break wet t-shirt contest. I have from a very reliable source (He's an accountant) that Citigroup is going to get a rise out of the outlined situation.

The third component is actually comparable to pick money from a tree. This money tree is in Iowa! And it is not a tree, it's the ground! Farmland has historically been a fantastic investment over any time interval that I would show to you. People will always need to eat which means there will always be demand.

Seriously, we have an FAQ and search function for a reason.