Oil rally ending. Now what?

[mathjak107]

i use gld

[IDtheftV]

Originally Posted by Willistonite

What is the best way to buy Gold? Does anyone have a good Gold fund they could recommend?

Do you want the metals or the miners?

[keraT]

I am totally a new investor here but with lower oil price I have been interested in buying some oil stock and few alternative (natural) energy stock. What stock/company do I look for? Do I just go for Marathon or Mobil or is there other stock that are better if I am interested in oil

[kickingprop]

Originally Posted by keraT

I am totally a new investor here but with lower oil price I have been interested in buying some oil stock and few alternative (natural) energy stock. What stock/company do I look for? Do I just go for Marathon or Mobil or is there other stock that are better if I am interested in oil

Whats your risk tolerance? Exxon (XOM) is probably a good place to put your money if you want a little more safety in the oil markets...

But if you have an appetite for risk and want the possibility of big returns, there are a lot of other places in energy with much higher potential upside...

[IDtheftV]

Originally Posted by keraT

I am totally a new investor here but with lower oil price I have been interested in buying some oil stock and few alternative (natural) energy stock. What stock/company do I look for? Do I just go for Marathon or Mobil or is there other stock that are better if I am interested in oil

Marathon ( MRO ) is a good company. They recently had to cut their dividend to be more solvent, but that's a problem for long-time owners.

Mobil was purchased by Exxon a long time ago. The combined company is called Exxon Mobile ( XOM ).

Buy 1/5th to 1/4th of what you plan to invest when you are ready and wait a month to do anything else.

People come on here and tell you to "read a book" or something, but there is no substitute for just doing it. Once you have bought some stock, read articles on the company(ies) and read the financial statements.

Others will tell you to only buy funds, but unless you can already analyze a stock and read the financials, then you'll always be ignorant. Ignorant isn't the same as stupid, but being deliberately ignorant is stupid. If it turns out that you don't like analyzing stocks or reading financials, then funds are fine.

[jamies]

Ammo! Buy ammo. It always goes up, plus you can't shoot gold.

What about oil etf's? Are they worth it? Which one?

[Willistonite]

Originally Posted by keraT

I am totally a new investor here but with lower oil price I have been interested in buying some oil stock and few alternative (natural) energy stock. What stock/company do I look for? Do I just go for Marathon or Mobil or is there other stock that are better if I am interested in oil

There are some very good shale oil producers that their stock is very low. Oasis Petroleum and
Whiting Oil and Gas are two under $10 that will do very well if oil goes up. They have debt on
their balance sheet but working on it diligently. Also SM Energy was another one but that already
has made a move. I bought at $8 now it is $25 in one month. Do your home work but those are some very good stocks to consider before it is too late. I have owned Exxon for years. It is a dividend stock.
It does not go up or down much so very little upside but pays a good dividend.