Okay in my Economics class we are doing this stock market competition on StocksQuest. It's like a virtual stock market. Well yeah It ends in april or may for our class. So I need the names of some companys that will put me up in the top 5, money is not an option. Any ideas on what will crank up by april or may will help.

apple

DO NOT, I repeat do not go with General Motors....(as much as I hate to say that)

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Google.

Fluor Corporation; very stable.....

oh yeah, they are taking over the world

or Exxon Mobile; i hear they are doing really well right now....Intel is good; Disney is gonna get better now that they got Pixar for their animation unit.

I got apple 3 weeks ago, lost 6 grand on it, I have lots of fluor bc my dad said thats a good one (he works for them)

I hear Gold is the place to be, or if you held onto it for the last several years. Don't know which coys. specifically, but a chum of mine made a killing last month alone.... and he says in the near future ----booom!
Otherwise I'd go Google.... if MOB had stocks, of course I'd put everything I have in them [ If they'd accept monopoly money]

This is actually kinda funny that you asked. I have some inside info to a stock that I have purchased at the begining of the year and have been making a killing and dont think there will be an end to its increasing anytime soon. Its the Burlington Norhern Railroad. I believe the code is BNI.

To give you the details as quick and easy of explaination of why, here it is. Basically railroads were giving you 5 days to pick up a container at the railroad. After that 5 days they would charge you $50.00 per day in storage fees. Storage fees are just an excellent source of income for the railroads since there is no overhead costs other than the land that they already own that they are taking space on. Well, at the begining of last year they cut to free time down to 1 to 3 days. Different areas offer different free time. Example, Chicago has 2 days free and Minneapolis has 1 day free. That is a big difference in free time. Not only that, but they increased the storage fees to between $100.00 to $150.00 per day in storage fees. They have been making a killing on this. As you can see over the last year, the stock has doubled. Right now is a big shipping season. 2nd to Christmas season that starts in August thru Nov. This is the season for Spring. Patio Furniture, BBQ Grills and anything else that brings season changing items to the midwest. These items also take up large space so there is allot of cargo moving. I see the stock continuing to increase.

Hmmmmm........................

Google is always a good one as stated up above.

Are you attempting to make alot of money before April from this or just gradually not lose any? If you're looking to bust out and make bank in 3 months, then alot of the big name companies aren't the way to go.

Hold the phone!!!
Forget what me and others are saying along the lines of >"yayyy google". Today's news is Google just took a good wholloping... lost 10%. They didn't do nearly as good as they hoped in profits.

Keep an eye on the BNI like I said.

All I can say is Don't trust a financial planner!!

For the last 14yrs I've had the same financial planner..basically I put it so I can lower my tax bracket. For all the money I put in....it's basically stated the same. The other day I got one of my Investments back and lost $400.00, I pulled out all my documents showed my dad...and he said "Get the hell out of there!!!"

He makes a ton and is retired, so I figured I'll head to the bank pull all my investments and put them into a TD Trust money marketing fund that has risen steadily.....????????/

That's why it's the perfect time to get Google! They are going back up. Last year they only paid, let's say $1 million in taxes but now this year they got hit with, let's say $4 million. So investors laid back a bit.. it's not a big deal. We bought a bunch of Google a few months ago at $320 a share and it's just been going up everyday. Since they went public with stock, it's gone up 400% and it'll keep climbing.

I have a couple grand in a Money Market also, but it only gains 4%. If you know what your doing with stocks, you can make a a$$load of cash. I agree, dont go with the bluechips if you want to make allot in a short period of time. Another good stock right now is Menards and Home Depot. They will be selling their most within the next couple months because of the weather getting better and allot of people will be doing home improvements and their stocks should reflect it.

Did you check Google today lol!
Anyways, for tiki's assignment I don't think the time frame fits with his assignment if Google makes a dramatic rebound.

Just saying that it might be a good thing that Google is plunging cause it's going to go back up in a week or so. I would think that's a decent investment because it's also pretty safe till next quarter earnings are announced, then it skyrockets or dives a bit again.

google also costs 400+ a share... we only get so much money and that's a bit stiff. plus it's been said that google is over priced big time by hundreds of dollars. Apple was good if you sold it like 4 days after the new chip was announced now it's plunging down. Fluor is VERY good. Checking BRI now

I have no clue!!!!