As a new investor where should i invest?

Can i invest in mutual funds?

Mutual funds are great for newbies since you can diversify without the trouble of actually choosing a stock. Also you can try Exchange Traded funds as they allow you to invest and diversify in a wide range of markets including and away from stocks.

As you are new investor so you should not invest in high risk sectors, and you should keep diversity in your all investments, that means try to invest in more than one area, for example invest some money in real estate, some money in mutual funds, some money in shares, because if one area incur loss than over loss would be cushioned.

You can also try new investment areas which are also giving high return and gaining popularity among the masses like bio fuel investment, bio e grass investment , green investment, alternative investments etc.

Exchange traded funds are good because it will provide diversification for a small mount of money with a minimum of fees. Mutual funds are also good but they are generally run by fund manager, they will take you around 1 or 2 % a year (management fees) and sometimes orther fees like a front load, back load or/and performance fees. With a ETF it will be only around .5%.
Proshares and Ishares are the most active companies in ETF.
A new investor should follow the rules below:

1 Diversification is the most important, you should reach the maximum efficiency (risk/reward) within around 20 stocks spread across various industries.
Otherwise you can still invest through ETF or mutual funds.

2 Allocation is also important, a typical allocation could be 40% bonds, 40% equities, 5% commodities and 5% real estate for example. But it all depends on your tolerance against risk, your age, your goal and your net worth.

3 Research is important in order not to invest in the next company going bankrupt. IT takes time but try not to rely on third party research, big company are only promoting the stocks where they have a financial interest. A lot of medium, small companies are not followed by analysts. Try to give a look at the financial statements. If you are not comfortable with it, start learning the basics.

4 Have a look at your portfolio and try to anticipate any economic change, changing regulation can impact your portfolio heavily for example.

Right, as you are new investor so you should keep diversity in your all investments, it will keeps you from popular mistake like all-in-one investment.

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Mutual funds will not give you much return in the current
economic climate. In fact there are very few investments
I would recommend at this time. Personally I would
try to preserve my wealth as the dollar devalues by
converting my cash into silver and gold coins...ie: real money.
That's just my 2 cents...or should I say 1oz.

I agree: Actually because silver is used in industry and supply does not meet demand, silver will most likely be
the better investment in the long term. With the economy the way it is nowadays, I expect silver to be at least
$50 oz by years end...and it could move a lot higher. I am buying another 5kg in the next few days. Experts are
saying that one should purchase 15% of their net worth in silver.
Wishing you all the best,
Richard

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I started just last week so I know how you feel. Just read and research as much as possible! Make sure you send your money to a stable site that is actually paying because you dont want to be scammed! I am currently invested in Royalty7 which is a great HYIP site at the moment which is paying 7% of your initial investment for 30 days or 110% weekly payments. Best of luck

This thread is almost 2 years old. I believe the topic starter was referring to REAL investments, and not these high yield games that you're referring to.

If you are new to it, you should research it carefully. Don't just jump in and risk losing it all.

I agree with track88. Silver is the best "real" investment for the limited funds investor.