Advice Needed

[tluckett]

Hello All,

I found this website with the help of stockwire.com andwas wanting some opinion on something.

I have been out of the trading game for a while aftr taking a bath in the post 9/11 tragedy and am potentially ready to start playing again.

I work for Intel and have done pretty well this year via our employee stock purchase plan and was wanting some opinion about that.

Twice a year we buy Intel stock at a 15% discount of the low price for the opening or closing 10 days (Whichever is the lowest price)....

I have made a good call to this point for this year as my realized gain on the shares I have purchased for the 2 buying periods has realized a 62% gain. I still own thesde shares but wonder if I should sell in the hope of going out to the current market and finding a better return at this point.

We will be purchasing stock again in February and it will be better than a 15% return given the August 07 price will be lower than this Februarys price....

Comments? Advice?

Thanks Much....

[wallstreetsedge]

it really depends on your own goals. for the average investor youre buying at a 15% discount so you have about a 15% advantage. nuit since its a company plan, iare you being given restricted stock? if so theres a minimum hold period, some will say 6 months, some will say 2 years before you can have the legends removed. d

so first ask yourself what youre trying to achieve? what is your risk tolerance? is it something you want to manage yourself or have managed by a professional?

rop me a private message, i could definitely give you a lot of advice if you know what youre looking for... then theres the wide array of alternative investments such as privates, trusts, managed accounts, and structured products.

[Gzapper]

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[Jelly]

i REALLY recommend the extraordinary reese fly of gortopy.. make sure the zest from the tuna wrap with number errors from the bench doesnt cling to the front door of a wagon ;)
I had the absolutely best tuna salad sammich last week, but no Reece's cup for dessert.

*How did you ever make it a year here? I'm very pround of you.

[tluckett]

You guys must know I am from Oregon and am an avid fisherman. I have so much Albecore Tuna canned in my garage that I can feed the neighborhood for a few weeks if the freaking terrorists contaminates our food supply....

On the other note kthomllc - I have RSU's, Stock Options as well as Stock I have purchased via the 15% discount I buy through our employee stock purchase plan.

What I want to do is obviosly get the best annual return I can find and I really feel I can be doing much better if I were to balance my protfolio a bit besides hapving it all in Intel.

I need to get back in the market and have a goal..... I don't want to loose allot of $$$$$ like I did in 2000 & 2001 because that really hurt big time....

I am willing to become a student at this..... I am about to complete my graduate degree in Management in Science & Technology and I do have an interest in finance.... I just wish I was better at knowing when to get in and get out of things.

I welcome any help/advice.

[wallstreetsedge]

replied to your private message

gave some insight on the picks you asked about too

[kingfisher]

Tluckett

I feel your pain. I held some of mine untill last year before they came back. Still holding a portion of one. I did not own any .coms but they took the entire market down with them. What happened in 2000 is one reason I have an online account now. You can set stop losses and sell in a matter of minutes ! I agree, you should not have Intl as your only investment. AiKi can prob give you some things to look at once you can free up some of the cash in Intl. One fund I am invested in is REREX a T. Rowe Price fund, but there are many out there.