For those of us who are scared to lose $100 or more in a day, dividend stocks are one of the ways to go.

Thay usually are less expensive and more stable than larger stocks, but do not grow as much. instead, they ofer larger quarterly payments to shareholders (I have seen $1.40+ per share) which means that if you hold onto them, they can bring in a hefty profit which you can invest in either more stock, or just liquid assets. In fact, this is my favorite way of investing! 

Posted by todd101scout at 6:35 PM PDT

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Recently, while surfing through ETrade, looking for some good stocks, I noticed that the energy sector was way up. Upon closer investigation, I found a few companies who were doing exceedingly well in various energy categories. I compared these stocks, and the leader was (drum roll)...ALJ

ALJ has been doing exceptionally well, and had gone up $10 a share in less than 6 months. Then suddenly, not too long ago, they had a small oil spill (their first in a while) and there stock dropped a few dollars. I saw the perfect opportunity to invest, and hopped in. In only a few days, I made $100 off a $4k investment. They also give a 16 cent dividend, so even if they do go down a bit, you will make some hefty interest from each approx. $40 share.

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Posted by todd101scout at 10:50 AM PDT

Updated: Saturday, 12 August 2006 10:54 AM PDT

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