Do you think these are good stocks?

Question

I have made a large investment into stocks. I'm currently watching BMY, HSY, MCD, PEP, TD, and WMT. do you think these are good choices?

Answer 1

Some of those might be better than others. MCD and PEP and WMT are certainly top tier. I am not too familiar with TD other than that it is a bank in Canada which can't be terribly bad. HSY is so-so. BMY is good for the dividend and a solid choice in the drug business.

Answer 2

All those are good companies, but "WHEN" to buy a stock is more important. You need to look at the chart -> http://stockcharts.com/freecharts/ ....If your buy PEP you are NOT going to be happy. The best buy you have right now is MCD, the rest are very risky and I think when the market pulls back this year you will be dissappointed with HSY, BMY, and WMT. ... Looking good->Ford Motors symbol "F" is a buy right now with a target of $15-16, I could recommend that. Your in too high of a price on your choices. You should sell and wait for the pullback later this year and get back in HSY, BMY, and WMT.... PEP could drop like a rock at any moment. TD is NOT a good stock, extremely volatile unpredictable. A rule of thumb, never buy before the earnings report, and you just did > WMT (see earnings reports website at ->http://www.earningswhispers.com/stocks.asp?symbol=wmt....

Answer 3

TD is good on the short term, not so good on the long term. This is because TD has recently increased the fees on all of its customers, which means that they'll have a good quarter, but on the flip side, they will lose customers on the long run.



MCD and WMT are always good (see: http://fadi.el-eter.com/mcd-mcdonalds-a-great-stock-for-good-times-and-bad-times.html )



PEP and HSY are stable.



I know nothing about BMY.



It's very important that you buy shares in batches to reduce your risk and average your cost.

Answer 4

You seem to have a nice mix of stock which pay a dividend as well. The only one in there that has a problem seems to be Pepsi [PEP] with a decline in share price after their Feb 9 annual report. I suppose their forecast of a tougher 2012 after a decent 2011 hurt them...



http://stockcharts.com/def/servlet/SC.pnf?chart=PEP,PEUADANCBO[PA][D][F1!3!.5!!2!20]&pref=G



Pepsi is at a mild support between $62.50 and $63....It might well fall through that bit there is a very solid support at $59.50 - $60 and it should be ok there.



Depending on your tolerance of risk and goals (Long term or short ?) you might hold or sell ... if you hold then watch if it rises off a support at $60 then it might be an opportunity to add to your holdings.



That is your decision to make at some time.

Answer 5

Is the approval or disapproval from strangers of value to your investing? These are people who don't know you and you don't know their qualifications or motives. That's very little to "hang your hat on".



Here's the real kicker... unless someone supplies you with a clear, updated risk management plan a yea or nay is of no value. Then... there's asset allocation... do you have a model? Do these stocks fit into that model? If they don't fit.... you shouldn't buy them.

Answer 6

Not sure what your investment dollars are in total, but I would suggest going with either SCHB and/or SCHD get diversified.



These are inexpensive ETF's

Answer 7

Yas...Yas...Fantastico, Great stocks..When this Market trend fizzles out I would sell Walmart,..



Walmart has volatility(Big Swings)

Answer 8

50% they are good

don't invest just on stocks

Gold and Crud oil and Dow Jones are good ideas too

Answer 9

The only one I'm looking at from you list is HSY