What stocks are good to buy right now?

I'm looking to buy stocks to hold on to for about 1 to 2 years. I heard that "Hot Stocks" are not necessarily the best way to go because they sometimes turn out to be disappointments. Does anyone have any suggestions on what stocks would be good to get and what stocks to stay away from. It would be really helpful. Thanks!

Public Comments

1. Buy CTSH, INFY, MS

Keep away Finance stocks, and automobile stocks

2. Why are you buying stocks now? We are many years from bottoming, that wait until 2011 or 2012 or 2013 to get in when the DOW is lower than 2,000. The economic collapse is serious and the stocks path of least resistance are WAY LOWER and we are in a severe bear market with NO FUNDAMENTALS that are good.

If you invest in anything, I would recommend Gold, Silver or Shorting this phony economy

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3. This is no time to be dabbling in the stock market, especially if you don't have a lot of knowledge about it. When the market dropped about ten years ago, we knew what we were doing and so did our broker but we still lost $75,000 in one day. I know people who lost up to 1/2 million dollars that same day and they had just retired so it was all of their retirement money. I thank God it wasn't that way with us.

I would advise to put your money into a Certificate of Deposit and hang on for the ride. You won't get much interest but, at least, you will have the same amount you started with.

We sold all our stock a short time before the market started falling and invested it in a Jumbo CD and are doing okay, right now, with the interest because we invested for two years. If you have $100,000 to invest, the Jumbo CD pays a higher interest rate.

There is a saying, "Don't invest more in the stock market than you can afford to lose because it's all a gamble." That's the best advice I can give you.

4. If you're not familiar with the markets, don't buy. Even the pros are having a tough time in this market. The tape is "unreadable".

***NOTE***
The first response says not to buy financial stocks, yet he recommends "MS". Is Morgan Stanley not a financial stock? Hmmm...

5. I'm also a beginner, I have made over $3500 in the last month. All I can tell you is the NOW is the time to buy, especially when DOW, NYSE or AMEX index looses o most stocks loose too. But when the market moves up, so the stocks do. Most importantly, the buy and hold theory is long gone. Now is buy when stock drops and sell when they rise. I bought 1000 OCFN at $2 stock and sold them at $5.55 now they drop again back to 3.50 i'm waiting for the stock to drop all the way to 2 then I'll will them again. One stock I now you can buy and hold, because eventually they will rise again is CISCO, General Electric. Also, check morningstar they provide recommendations on stocks. Again, buy low, sell high (short-term) is what works right now.