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investing in the stock market still the best option


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I think that an investment in stocks is still the smartest move an investor can make. Many people say that stock investing is too risky especially when they retire. What they don't know is that the stock market still has in general the best RETURNS compared to most markets and is still way more stable than investing in something like the commodities market for smart investing.


This coupled with that fact that you can buy ETF'S like stocks really helps for the long term. Many of you might be saying well I am retired how can I rely on something shaky like this? I could lose all my hard earned money for retirement couldn't I? This is all true but remember this inflation is over 5% a year. So if you just hold onto cash you lose 5% every year doing nothing if you don't invest at all.

If you use bonds you don't have a chance of really gaining anything much unless they are the riskier bonds that pay more than 5% a year in which case you have a good chance of losing a lot of your money there too. The stock market is so versatile that the smart investor should try to figure out how to use it to make money even for retirement investing. Make sure to look at company mergers

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There are many ways you can hedge risk down in a bad market. Also with investing in the stock market most investors can be out of a single security in the market entirely in a minute during trading hours. If you buy LARGER companies that PAY a dividend and you get them for a cheap price you will be better off.


I saw Bank Of America at 18 to 19 dollars a share a couple months ago and as of now they are above 30 and the pay a dividend still-in recent months they have gone back down in price again due too losses. You might be saying well they could have keep going down right? OF COURSE they could , but they didn't last time and they probably will eventually go up in the future. This is why you must try to DIVERSIFY within dividend stocks and buy the diversified portfolio at the cheapest price that you CAN with the strongest companies possible. If you follow this advice I think in the long run you will have more money coming in as income and you will be safer in the long run even for retirement investing. I think that investing in the stock market is still the best bet for most people.