My Three Investments For This Year

[deerhunter]

So I got a very late start in planning out my 2007 portfolio but I decided to keep it small this time. Its not like it really matters when you start anyways but here are my three investments which I plan on holding for a long period of time.

CREE - The LED lighting market is going to be one of the hottest and upcoming markets (if it isnt already) in the future. This stock is sitting a couple bucks off its 52w low and looks very promising. search it in google news and you will see what I mean as far as fundamentals and business deals go. Got in at 16.95.

BQI - Seems like so many on here like it I thought I would give it a shot. I like what I see, I think we see another big oil boom in the summer especially if hurricane activity heats up (which it should cause last year was a fluke) so I am in that one at 3.80. Lots of room to climb I think.

DSTI - Daystar Technologies. They make and have patented a few solar photovolatic materials and have recently cleared all debt and are on pace to start profiting soon. Again, think oil boom spike... In at 3.35..


Thoughts? Suggestions? I was losing left and right in the short term trade game so I thought I would try my hand at longterm investing.

[noobtrader]

If your looking for long term, start to look at companies that are stable and even if they have bad news they still will make a comeback.

Look at companies like Wal- Mart, Coke, Under Armor, Nike, US Bank, UPS,

look at it this way, you can buy 200 shares of a company at 2.00 a share or whatever but that same 200 shares is the same as 1-2 shares of a more valuable company and in the long run you build that portfolio and make your stake in it. That is how Warren Buffett has been doing it. I like to look at what he is buying and make a portfolio of it along with some stocks I like myself like ANAD and HYBT.OB, also look for the IPO of Clearwire and Optnext this week and march 5th.

I have looked at Cree and DSTI they are something to keep an eye on though for sure. Just giving some input if thats aight

[Amnion]

I admit that CREE could be an interesting choice. However, the quarterly earnings and sales growth is plummeting like there is no tomorrow. Everything else looks like it might be a stellar growth play.

Why do you think I should ignore the poor sales and earnings numbers? I did not see any news about big new clients. I'm not slamming your pick just wanting to understand your reasoning.

[BuyOnDips]

I've followed CREE for awhile. That stock scares me though. It's really volatile. A Maalox stock. :) They do have great technology, but the competition is tough too.

My 3 favorite picks right now are ARTG, LWSN and INFA. Insiders are buying and their future looks bright. All 3 are possible buyout candidates too. I'm buying the dips.

[Ghost]

For 3, I'd use LVLT as spec, HAL, SHLD and put the rest in an SP 500 index fund in the summer.