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Remember, if it was a bad move that you made, you can still come here for your  free entertainment!        lol

Would five grand get you in the door ?

Boy oh boy I hope you are right! My 401K needs help!

The stock market stands roughly where ir was 13 years ago, and I don't see much in the world situation to be optimistic. You could play with options if you understand them, otherwise buy blue chips and go for the dividends.

Some BIGTIME messes out there tho.    Europe and their problems,  US Government DEBT and the real estate and bank problems.  I can't  recall the economic situation ever being as  screwed up as it is now.   

Now is not the time to buy stocks in general. Runaway inflation is coming with loads of money being pumped into financial systems all over the world. More and more countries in serious debt. Riots in the streets. Low dividend yields. The sh*t hasn't even hit the fan in China, and so on...Buy gold and silver stocks, but buy them carefully. Many juniors will go up 1,000% from here. Check out Newmont Mining (NEM) for combo of increasing dividends tied into rising gold price, and capital appreciation.

Ducky

If the market jumps and the unemployment rate drops, just before the election, he's in!

I know, all this and the economy still wants to try to improve.

The bad thing though is i dont think the economy can handle a sustained higher stockmarket. Probably what may happen is stockmarket i think will gain 1000 points next 4 months or so. Then slowly decline , then up and down. There are beginning to be some big stocks that are undervalued that pay dividends. Alot have taken a slow beating the past several months. Its the type of environment where investors ( major investors ) seek long term investments. The economy wants to try to grow , if obama will stop trying to destroy the potential.