Good Stocks to own?

Chicagoboy · February 23, 2005

I need a good short term investment anyone have a hot pic?

daisydoodle · February 23, 2005

Inamed.

the best me · February 23, 2005

Ha! Inamed, for sure! Or my savings account, ya right, huh?

Hey, you know? If I had 10K or more to put somewhere for a year, I'd do something Martha Stewart related. She's almost out of prison and my bet is she'll come out on top. I have predicted that since I heard she was quitting her appeals process, doing the time, and getting it over with. She has paid her dues, time to get back to work...I think she'll do better than ever.

The 10K or so I don't have now is going in my fat belly. THAT is a good investment. Otherwise I have no experience with how the markets are worked...Martha Stewart is a shade-tree investor hunch.

princess_n_thep · February 23, 2005

gimme 2 years, i will have one for ya... call me a long term investment! money transfers can be wired to Bank of The Needingtheband, my name is Princess N. Pea... thanks for any and all contributions to my investment fund.

La_madam · February 23, 2005

Seriously Inamed

I was watching an investment TV show and they said Inamed was going ot be a hot stock this year..he said any stock in the obesity field will do well. I havesome Inamed stock

You can check it's current price

www.inamed.com

I'llsucceed · February 24, 2005

My finacial advisor recently (last month) told me that as far as a short term (5 yrs or less)investment, inamed wasn't the way to go. Year to date their stock hasn't had much growth & the main stay is in the silicone field. This was also verified by my(lapband) Doctor who has the stock & said he has been holding steady. If this does improve ( their marketing of their silicone products)then their stock would be better. I also (today) did some research & a few phone calls on Stryker's stock. This is one of the companies that manufactures Laparoscopes( the ones that probably were used on your belly during surgery for the band) for weight loss surgery. They have been a very steady climber in the past 10 years & was told as a long term investment that they would be a solid company.

As for short term- well that is always hard to pick. The Martha Stewart would have been an awesome pick months ago - but if you look at the stock today it has already peaked since her new book & tv contract. I sure missed the boat there.

As Grandpa always said( & he was a very smart man) any investment in stocks should be one that your willing to wait at least 10 years for. Slow like a turtle will always win over a rabbit.

Anyhow thats my two cents for what its worth- which is about 1 cent -lol

LaMadam- i in no way mean to frown apon your inamed stock - i was just commenting on what my advisor had said- I wish you luck & everyone else who has it;)

La_madam · February 24, 2005

No offense taken.I'm happy with my Inamed stock..when I bought it in April it was $51 a share and is now at $69 ..there have been some ups and downs with it over the months, but as your advisor said not to invest in it..mine told me to invest in it..it is just a matter of opinion. No heart feelings here