Question: Should i invest in etf and index funds.?

(Posted by: hazleton09 on 2010-02-07 04:06:20)

I only have 3000 dollars and that money is not enough for stocks in my opinion becuae on how scary stocks are with little money i have. how much would 3000 dollars be in 10 years.

Posted by: Dan on 2010-02-07, 20:50:31

Should i invest in ETF and index funds? No. They'll use whatever commodities you bought in exchange for the ETF they gave you as collateral when they default/ bankrupt or unable for business in any circumstances operate. Money is not enough for stocks in my opinion because on how scary stocks are with little money I have. So true. You need at least $5000 How much would 3000 dollars be in 10 years? The dollar have been devalued by 96% since 1913, because we print too much paper money, plus bailouts, stimulus etc. So my answer how much is a $3000 in 10 years? ZERO, it's just printed paper backed by nothing other than debt, by that time it'll be revalued to a new dollar or another currency if not then we'll be like that of Zimbabwe and Yugoslavia.

Posted by: sam d on 2010-02-07, 06:58:55

Let my apologies on behalf of y.a. for the above commits. (I'm not affiliated). i think that's a grand ideal. your right that not enough for straight stocks a few points to consider. 1 there would be no way of predicting where the stock market will be in 10 years. my guest would be up but by how much. 2 for some reason the stock market gets all the attention on the news which i think is a little strange because the currency, futures, and capital (bond) markets are all bigger. I guess there even more boring then the stock market. 3 must stocks are more like ponzi schemes. take apple, apple trade at near 200 dollars a share. but what do you get for owning part of apple??? nothing what so ever. about 80 % of the prophet from ever ipod goes into designing ipads. the only way for your to make money from own it is apple decides its tried of making new stuff and that you could put the money to better use in the form of a dividend. which probably wont happen so your just hopping some one will come along and want apple more then you. course of lots of stocks pay dividends like coca cola, but they don't grow in value that fast. 4 have you through of the extremely quite and boring bond market. most muni bond are tax free on the local, state and federal level. capital gain from the stock market are taxed at 15% currently pulse what your state is. you get that wonderful thing called con pond interests. Meany bond come with insurance policy against them. lest I mislead you you'd want a bond fund 3000 i'nt enough for straight bond either. you can certainly double your money by then. since you want the money in 10 years your most certainly what a mix of each. any way always, always, always, watch you fees that how they get you. this site's though me a lot learningmarkets.com/ it ad based and mostly biased free, through for some reason there obsessed with forex. good luck, happy trades :)

Posted by: Franky D on 2010-02-07, 07:48:35

For a small amount of money I like index funds with the money trickled in over several months to avoid buying at a peak. If you could get an annual return of 10% you would have $7,781 after ten years. This is not a guarantee. If you invested $3,000 ten years ago you would have about $3,000 now.