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BigBen · 08-18-2005, 12:44 PM

If zero risk is not necessary, then invest the whole lot in an indexed fund...

Like the NYSE index, or NASDAQ. The stock exchanges have a system where they take your money and diversify it across all stocks listed on the exchange.

You can do a global exchange if that's your bag, and I can't really recommend one over the other (I don't want you to blame me if something happens i.e. you lose money) other than to explain the principles:

With an indexed fund, you remove all of the inherent risk of a certain stock, and instead are left with a pure MARKET RISK, which any economist, political scientist, statistician will tell you is unavoidable. Hell, the only things that don't have these market risks are government backed vehicles, because, well, they make the damn rules, and won't allow themselves to lose money!

So, if you are feeling up for it, throw the money into the NYSE / NASDAQ / S&P 500 / TSE et cetera and watch the business portion of the news every day to see if you are winning.

I would say (my opinion only, I accept no blame here) that if you are looking at something so short term, you could do far worse than an index fund.

Good luck, Cyrnel.

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BigBen Comedian Location: Use the search button	If zero risk is not necessary, then invest the whole lot in an indexed fund... Like the NYSE index, or NASDAQ. The stock exchanges have a system where they take your money and diversify it across all stocks listed on the exchange. You can do a global exchange if that's your bag, and I can't really recommend one over the other (I don't want you to blame me if something happens i.e. you lose money) other than to explain the principles: With an indexed fund, you remove all of the inherent risk of a certain stock, and instead are left with a pure MARKET RISK, which any economist, political scientist, statistician will tell you is unavoidable. Hell, the only things that don't have these market risks are government backed vehicles, because, well, they make the damn rules, and won't allow themselves to lose money! So, if you are feeling up for it, throw the money into the NYSE / NASDAQ / S&P 500 / TSE et cetera and watch the business portion of the news every day to see if you are winning. I would say (my opinion only, I accept no blame here) that if you are looking at something so short term, you could do far worse than an index fund. Good luck, Cyrnel. __________________ 3.141592654 Hey, if you are impressed with my memorizing pi to 10 digits, you should see the size of my penis.