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Originally posted by Simon:

Originally posted by Down:

Originally posted by Dimitry:

I'd also look into Intel (although MAJOR rebranding is coming up in 1st quarter of 2006, not sure how thats going to affect the company yet).

Do you have any more info on the rebranding? If they are changing the name, adopting a new logo or anything, I'd be interested to see some stuff about their process/reasoning, etc.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-s-Branding-Plans-Desconspired-12675.shtml
http://news.softpedia.com/news/UPDATE-Intel-s-Rebrandin ... Revelead-12775.shtml

Also http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/30/intels-big-brand-change-leap-ahead/

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Look, you guys really aren't giving any information worth his while. He is a beginning investor and probably not willing to loose money just because someone thinks that somethings going to go up due to a new release of a peice of software. Also, rebranding is not a reason to invest unless you have lots of money to do it and lots of diversified stocks.

If you want to ensure a win, go with no load mutual funds. Then once you have enough money to throw around into different sectors of the market, go for it. But never just buy one stock, its too risky.

If you posted how much you were willing to invest, it would be much easier to give recomendations on investments, and where to go. So if you are really interested, post how much money you have to invest.

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invest in tivo, vonage, and some smaller companies, rather than going with apple or microsoft.

personally, i'd invest with directv as they will have over 150 national channels in hd by 2007, and over 1500 locals in hd at that time. and in the meantime, directv is going wireless, as well as adding networking connectivity to allow transfers to and from their directv dvr systems and accessing the internet via usb 2.0.

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Ok, well, depending on how long I want to wait (obviously, the sooner I start, the better), I could probably invest around $5,000. I would continue to put more money in each year, too. I'm not trying to make a quick buck, though. I'm looking to invest for at least 20 years, maybe 50 (pay for my kids to go to college, retirement, etc.). I'm only 16 (17 in two weeks) now, but the earlier I start, the better, and I need to start investing before I'm on my own and too broke to do so until I'm out of college. Fortunately, my grandparents plan to foot all or most of my college bill, so I no longer need to be saving money for college, so if I wanted, I could invest all of my income. That's a little over $5,000/year. So, I could have $10,000 invested before I graduate highschool. What should I look at doing, taking this into consideration? And I'm not too worried about getting screwed by the stock market, I've only got two years worth of working part-time in highschool to lose, right? And if I play my cards right and keep investing, I can retire a millionaire, hopefully.

And, concerning Microsoft and Apple, I don't think either company will be going away this century, unless we enter another great depression or the end of the world comes, so I think either should be safe enough for me. I mean, if these two companies go down, chances are everyone else is just as screwed, right?

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Originally posted by Popo:

Ok, well, depending on how long I want to wait (obviously, the sooner I start, the better), I could probably invest around $5,000. I would continue to put more money in each year, too. I'm not trying to make a quick buck, though. I'm looking to invest for at least 20 years, maybe 50 (pay for my kids to go to college, retirement, etc.). I'm only 16 (17 in two weeks) now, but the earlier I start, the better, and I need to start investing before I'm on my own and too broke to do so until I'm out of college. Fortunately, my grandparents plan to foot all or most of my college bill, so I no longer need to be saving money for college, so if I wanted, I could invest all of my income. That's a little over $5,000/year. So, I could have $10,000 invested before I graduate highschool. What should I look at doing, taking this into consideration? And I'm not too worried about getting screwed by the stock market, I've only got two years worth of working part-time in highschool to lose, right? And if I play my cards right and keep investing, I can retire a millionaire, hopefully.

And, concerning Microsoft and Apple, I don't think either company will be going away this century, unless we enter another great depression or the end of the world comes, so I think either should be safe enough for me. I mean, if these two companies go down, chances are everyone else is just as screwed, right?

Alright, but investing in a single stock for the long term is very hard to do. Things happen to companies over those 20 year marks that can never be predicted. So what I am suggesting to you is to check out some no-load mutual funds on fidelity.com or possibly your bank has investment options. When you find a broker/bank you feel confortable dealing with, check out which type of mutual fund you want to invest in. But be sure to do no-load, this ensures they won't make you dump a minumum value into the fund right away, anywhere from $1000-50000, it just depends. But Then once you find a broker/bank you feel conforable with, look at each of their mutual funds, look at the previous sucess, or failure of them. Make sure its a mix of a lot of companies, big and small. They also have market mutual funds, where you can choose to invest in a particular fund thats for, say, technology. Also, you will have the choice for the fund to be just in the United States, US and foreign companies, or just foriegn companies.

Theres a lot to look at here, but if you invest in a mutual fund, you should be making avg 7-12% a year. So it really adds up if you let it sit.

Good luck and any more questions I would gladly answer.

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For a long-term stock investment a mutual fund is ideal. It won't go and make you a millionaire, but if you choose wisely it'll probably give you a pretty good outcome over an extended period of time...

I'd go for AMD or Intel. With computers getting faster and more and more sophisticated, Many more corps. will invest in them to get their business on top with the latest technology...so to speak

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dont go with mocrosoft. i believe over the next 5-10 years, they will fall apart completely and bill gates will try desperately to keep it above water, but become bankrupt in trying to do so.

google.

even though their stocks are high sky, buy them now before they double in the next year or 2.

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Originally posted by KubeDawg:

dont go with mocrosoft. i believe over the next 5-10 years, they will fall apart completely and bill gates will try desperately to keep it above water, but become bankrupt in trying to do so.

google.

even though their stocks are high sky, buy them now before they double in the next year or 2.

i aggree about the microsoft thing, allthough i expect it will be about 10 - 15 years :/

the thing that worries me about google is the fact that they are rolling out new features extrememly fast, which imo is why they are doing so well. They can only keep this up for so long though.

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I didnt say invest into Intel b/c they're rebranding...
Apple is about to roll out with Intel based computers and Microsoft just announced that they want to take over your house with help of Intel Viiv chip. There's many reasons to invest into Intel. I just cautioned about the investment b/c of new brand which I consider weak. And not just new brand, but new direction of the company. There are pros and cons of investing in Intel.

D.

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