I work at an investment bank, don't fall for all the hype. I would stay away from AMZN, FB, TWTR and other companies at astronomical valuations without proven track records. Trading can be fun but is a suckers game. As someone that sees the "other side" they have unlimited resources, trading systems backed by 30 developer/math PhD, faster connections and can trade in and out at prices public can't even see or hours when market it closed. Only advantage us small guys have is long timelines and ability for good investments to materialize over years instead of months (in time for bonus #s).
Anyway some solid companies to look at
QCOM - big in mobile processing / tablets
GLW - makes glass for most devices you know and love. Smartphones, tvs etc
MSFT - makes money hand over fist, hopefully survives it's transition period. So intertwined with big corporations switching would be impossible or very expensive. Office 360 catching on
INTC - out of favor right now and I think under valued, lots of money to spend to stay ahead of competition. Fear they won't be able to compete in mobile / low power chips. Pay fat dividends.
AAPL - need I say more? institutional ownership on the rise again. Putting up insane sales numbers, MIGHT get real foothold in china via china telecom.
BRCM - most risky of the bunch but room to run
Market has been on a big run lately and while I would never recommend waiting to invest but I would plan to buy in chunks over 6 months - 1 yr if making significant investment and spread out over a few stocks.
Checkout seeking alpha for lots of good info. Be warned lots of amateur writers, do your own due diligence. If you are looking for the "next big thing" - I can't help you there. Slow and steady wins the race, most hyped stocks end up being garbage (as you saw with zynga)
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