Stock Tips

1. Look for stocks are make money! Earnings often drive stocks up.
2. Look for companies that are expanding or growing.
3. Weigh safe stocks vs. aggressive or risky stocks. Example: Wal-Mart vs. a brand new internet company.

 

Risky stock moves*+

Calling all high-rollers (wimps, wannabes, and mama's-boys stay away). These are risky moves and might shoot you UP or sink you DOWN. These are basically the things to NOT do in real life!

Go "all-in" and buy "on margin".	Invest ALL of your money. If you have any "buying power" left then buy something. Buying "on margin" means using borrowed money, risky, but makes you move at a higher rate.
Put all your eggs in one basket.	Sell everything but 1 or 2 stocks. If that 1 or 2 go up, you'll make mad cash (of course, if it drops...).
Play the news.	If a stock is in the news (such as talk of a merger or maybe bankruptcy talk), that can make it go up or down.
Play the earnings calendar.	Every quarter companies announce their earnings. If they "miss" earnings and fall short or "beat" earnings and do better than projected, things can happen big time. Check the earnings calendar at http://biz.yahoo.com/research/earncal/today.html
Buy and sell "short".	Normally you buy and then sell. If you "short" a stock you sell it and THEN buy it. You do this if you think a stock is going DOWN (you sell it high and then buy it low). Do this by changing the option from "Buy" to "Sell Short".

* Coach Crump is not responsible if you drop like a leaden rock in the rankings.

+ He will, however, take credit if you skyrocket.