How else is it possible to explain conservative fixation on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, except to conclude that out of the 10,000 or so equities available for purchase worldwide, and the thousands upon thousands of bonds and bond funds, not to mention real estate investments, commodity investments, swaps, puts, calls, other options, other derivatives, futures, venture capital, and the myriad other investments that exist in the world….

….conservatives have zeroed in on the Dow as the only relevant measure of the health of the investor economy?

If the conservatives are the economic geniuses they claim to be, and if they’re so certain that Obama is "destroying the economy" because they just "know" the DJIA is going to fall (as said repeatedly on questions here), then why aren’t they investing in, for example:

Rydex Dow Inverse Strategy 2x C mutual fund shares (symbol: RYCZX), which would guarantee them a return twice the size of any DECREASE in the Dow Jones Industrial Average?

Could it be that the real reason the conservative geniuses never even consider other investments besides the DJIA is that they really don’t know anything about other investments, and that everything they know comes from the headlines on TV news?

I’ve been investing for 5 years. When I first graduated from college with a Finance degree, I became a broker. But as a 22 year old, discovered that the sales side of being a stock broker wasn’t for me. I went back to school and became a CPA. Now, I am almost 30 and ready to plow into the market full swing. I need financing!

Here are the basics of my strategy.
1. Buy convertible bonds or preferred securities if available.
2. Buy index funds such as the S&P 500 index fund.
3. Sell out of the money puts against S&P 500 ETFs (SPY).

These are pretty much the same strategies taken by Warren Buffett. Yes, Buffett has been selling derivatives. Anyway, does anyone know where I can find some financing?
I found one.

https://www.lendingclub.com//invite/respond.action?int=67555&referrer=David_Sims

- If Super-Bacteria live in and on the body, in stethoscopes, etc, it certainly lives also in sewer and garbage, right ?
- Is Super-Bacteria growing faster in 3rd World rivers used as sewer and garbage that are reused as water for population also ?
- What % of the cases can be fatal ? Will part of Humanity be convicted if nothing is done fast ?
- Is there a 1st World Plan to sterilize Stethoscopes massively plus other practics ?
- Is there a new Natural or Other Type of AntiBiotics that can be effective in another proportion ?
- What are Microbiology and Pharmacology doing to help fast ?
- Is this the case to governs to invest freely in solutions for this to save the planet ?
- Is there any Real Statesman Leader planning a Global War against massive causes of Super-Bacteria ? Any acting for Population Imunology Strenghening (Combat) Strategy ?

- If important hospitals and scientists are saying the Antibiotics Apocalipse is entering out of control, how fast can a pandemia happen ?
- Is the Super-Bacteria contagious easier to get than viral contagious ?
- Good hygiene practices avoid basic risk but does it help on a strong direct contagious also ?
- If Antibiotcs came near to its end after 100 years use while the human immunology evolution took a million years to be naturaly developed, what can happen ? The New Human Evolution can get as fast as the Super-Bacteria or Humanity is getting fastly weak ?
- Are the hallucinogenic drugs one of the important causes of Super Bacteria ?
- Will the world regret in front of the Spirit of Burnt Witches and deserve peace ?

Hi everybody, I have been working and studying Forex for more than 5 years and have good strategy for gaining profits. But I don’t have money to start. Is there anybody interested in investing small amount of money . I will give it back within one month with at least 20% benefits. Even you don’t need to give me the money. Just open an account with a broker and I will manage the account and at the end of the month you will give me my share.

seriously, the best traders make about 15% return a year,
while some people make the same return on a 3 hours tennis match betting on the favorite (federer)!!

besides, you pay no taxes on betting winnings and you really understand what you’re putting your money into, and the crowd expectations have no effect on the outcome (contrarily to the stock market where a rumor can make you lose money)

My question: why many people still invest on stock markets? how much do they really make? and do their return outweigh the brokerage fees???

n.b: while arbitrage opportunities on stock are almost inexistent (may last for a few seconds), they may occur on sports betting once in a while!!

thanks for your professional answers,

n.b: i have a great knowledge about options trading strategies and forex markets, so feel free to go technical!
by the way , I’m from France and lately, sports betting has become legal and there is no taxation on your gains!

My Dad passed away in 2008, right after the downturn. Although he lost about 40% of his net worth in his Living trust, which included his condo and stock portfolio, there is about about 0,000 that is left in my portion of the trust. My Dad set up my share as a "special needs" trust, because I was struggling with a substance abuse problem at the time, and put my brother as the executor. I live in CA, but would like to move somewhere more affordable within a year or two, and possibly use the money to purchase a home in the Austin TX area, where homes can be purchased for that amount.
The money is currentlly in a ‘high yield’ money market checking account. It is earning very little, nowhere close to even keep up with inflation.
My brother plans to turn the money over to me soon as I have shown myself to be more responsible, and managing the trust is consuming so much of his time.
He is asking for my input on what I want to do with the money to allow it to make some gains over the next year or two, I have been doing some research on mutual funds, etf’s, ,etc….and he more I look into it, the more i realize I don’t know anything about investing in the market, diversifying to spread the risk, or what the analysts think is going to happen in the next couple of years. I have gone to Yahoo finance, Morningstar websites, and you only get so much info without paying for a premium membership. Where should I put the money, without tying it up in anything that would penalize me when I want to purchase a home? What is a good strategy in this volatile market for getting some earnings out of it for the next 2 years, without taking too big of a risk? Is this enough money to take to a financial adviser, or would the advisers fees take away any real chance of at least modest earnings.
If anyone with some market experience could point me in the right direction, I would very grateful. Thank you.Serious answers only please.

Hello,

I’m about 2 steps away from funding my zecco acount. I probably won’t actually do it until about a year and a half from now (when I have the $$) but my strategy is buy/hold for the long term…Seeing as to how the economy isn’t doing thebest right now, is that a good idea? I’m totally new to investing(i’m 22 and a musician), I just know I’m going to be handling considerable amounts of moeny in the future, and I want to make it work for me…everyone says I should open up a Roth IRA and leave it at that. What do you think?

There are many different strategies out there for investing in the stock market. What is simple, takes very little time and works very well for you?

what are the consequences of other fund managers adopting the same strategies as each other?
thanks for your help!