About Stocks: Check Institutional Ownership Before Buying Stocks
 | from Ken Little
With oil floating near $120 a barrel and gold close to $900 an ounce, commodities make seem like the place to be in this turbulent market. That may have been true had you got in before prices skyrocketed, now, however, one has to wonder if we aren't looking at some speculative bubble. Proponents may cite a number of reasons for the run ups, but nothing completely explains the current high prices (not even the anemic dollar). Remember, all bubbles have one thing in common.
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Check on Institutional Ownership Before Buying Stock
Before you buy a particular stock, you may want to find out whether existing large shareholders are buying more or selling off their shares. This can help you evaluate the stock in the context of how their actions may influence the stock's price.
| | Picking Stocks is like Buying a Car
Picking stocks is a lot like buying a new car - only different.
More accurately, the process of picking a stock is like the process of buying a new car.
You decide on what features are most important (good gas milage or high performance vs. long-term growth or a quick profit on a market shooting star), for example.
| Be Careful of Investing in Safe Stocks
Are there any safe stocks when the market is being battered every day by bad news?
Safety is a relative word. What one investor considers safe, another may find too risky.
However, there are some stock sectors investors have looked to in troubled times as a safer haven than the general market.
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