I just opened my first brokerage account and I'm looking

>>1041298
vanguard s&p 500 index. vfiax or vfinx.

If you're going to buy one thing right now, buy a VIX instrument.

TVIX or something. Hold it with a 2-3 month time horizon. Cash out in increments over the course of the next quarter as the markets drop.

You might as well have said Pandora while you are at it.

Netflix is having its worst quarter in history. Had you said this was in last year, I would have said jump. And I Would have been wrong

You would have lost about 15% of your money. Aske me today, and I will ask you... the fuck you smokin bro?

>>1041313
If you think this is a dip buying opportunity (hint: it is, but not in the short-run), go long in some of the bigger, more stable players, like GE.

Hedge the position with a long in a VIX instrument.

Or, if you're unsure which way the markets will move, but expect volatility and want to limit your risk, take out a straddle strategy (see: options) on some stocks you like.

>>1041298
Oh yeah and whatever. the. fuck. you. do. DO NOT INVEST ON MARGIN.

Don't fall into that trap as an amateur investor.

>>1041322
Its a dip for sure, but how long are you willing to wait? 5-10 years, Netflix will be the next Comcast competing with Amazon (Warner) We however will never see the 14'-15' jump again sort of a Comcast announcing a partnership with Netflix to air all their broadcasts for only a low low price of 4.99 a month extra (and dont think that isnt already being looked at)

>>1041325
>tfw I invested on margin
I have enough cash coming in to cover my positions soon. I just hope I make it in time before everything crashes and burns and they liquidate my stocks.

>>1041329
Amateurs have absolutely no business going into the markets margin'd. It magnifies reward, but also magnifies risk.

Why would you try to play in the major leagues when you're not even used to the minors?

Sucks man. Good luck fighting that margin call.

>>1041327
This one is different. The Fed has hiked rates.

This one will be painful in the short term (3 months or so) and it is going to scare the shit out of the amateurs.

We might see as low as 13500-12500 on the Dow Jones. And most likely the 15200 region soonish.

>>1041298
>what do you guys recommend?

That you actually educate yourself or ask someone qualified for advice. Or both.

What on earth makes you think anyone here is sensible enough to take advice from?

buy dupont stock

Is the stock market going to crash soon? Are stocks overvalued?

>>1041317
yeah but netflix is also likely to grow over the next 3-4 years. which is why buying it now in a dip isnt a bad idea.

cmon anon..
>buy low sell high

>>1041533
No. No.

Put all of your $20 into anything that get's recommended on the robinhood general. Guaranteed profit.

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>>1041533
YES PANIC HAPPENING

>>1041912
Nigga what year are you living in?

Dollar cost average into low cost ETF.

Hold for one year+, buying more as it drops more

Is anyone here concerned about the cheap oil, chinese instability, and fed pumping money in? along with the prospects of rising interest rates. I feel like this is all a recipe for a crash but people have been saying it for years and nothing major has happened.

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>>1041915
WAKE UP SHEEPLE
777

>>1041927
As a Canadian I am buying US memes harder than ever.

>TFW all ur dosh in VFV

>>1041298
Do not buy story stocks during a meltdown. NFLX is a cocktail party story stock, which makes it even worse.

Take a look at accidental yielders that will not go away: KR, F, ED. T.

Be smart dude. Phase your way in. This China noise is going to last a while. The bottom could be anywhere between 1750 and 748. Yuan shock devaluation will be the sign.

And stay away from trader instruments like the VIX. That's the dumbest thing you could do.

And build core positions in the big index SPY and the big safety of TLT, both also yield plays.

>>1041954
Tl;Dr just buy VOO

>>1041954
isnt buying vix during crash easy money ?

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>>1041298
H-have you considered tobacco companies anon?

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>>1041974
Srsly though

>>1041974
>>1041982
Europe is getting a lot of bullshit regulations on tobacco this year. Vendors have already announced that ~100 Brands won´t be sold anymore because they are banning most forms of advertisment and packageswill be 90% gore pictures, making a diversed brand portfolio useless. Only company not discontinuing any brands will be Phillip Morris, though this will still be a tough year for them aswell.
> motherfuckers stop selling Camel T.T

>>1042121
Tobacco sales have been expanding in the developing world.

>>1042163
still not the best time to buy

>>1042240
>still not the best time to buy
Actually when investor confidence is (wrongly) low, that is the best time to buy.
It's the precise best time to buy.

Should I buy CMG stock?

Invest in porn stocks. No matter how bad the economy is, people will always be horny.

AAPL CAT VZ

MO pays great dividends and only goes up up up

long TWTR with everything you have

diversification is for scrubs

>>1043049
Are you kidding me, twitter how do they even earn. answer by being shittier.

>>1041298
Synthetic Calls are pretty based. if you're a bull and catch it near the top.

>>1041317
I thought Netflix were the only upward moving tech stock last week. Plus they announced global reach

>>1041298
go with LMT its too big to fail

>>1041298
Dividend theory says that it's irrelevant whether or not a company pays dividends.

If it pays dividends, it's worth less because it has less cash.

If it doesn't pay dividends, you essentially took your dividend and plowed it back into the company, making the company more valuable.

>>1042853

Nobody has paid for porn in a decade, grandpa.

>>1043742

Spherical cows, etc.

Your theory disregards trading costs.

>>1043725
Been in LMT for years. My only concern is that I will wake up one day and find out that peace has broken out all over the world.

>>1043742
Every time the market soars, everyone says that boring old dividend payers don’t make any money. Then, when things crash, people figure out that they weren’t that bad.

1. Buy conservative dividend payers

2. Enroll in "automatic dividend reinvestment"

3. Let it ride for 30 or 40 years.

>mfw buy vanguar 500 index at 183 2 weeks ago
>mfw it's 171 right now.

If you are going to hold greater than 3 years then buy mutual funds

>>1043651
earnings is the problem? well then long AMZN with everything you have. at a hundred million billion quadrillion times earnings, it must be good. Jim Cramer told me last year I couldn't go wrong