Is Goldman Sachs a good company to invest in?

I don't really know much about buying stock... I am basically a Wall Street nub. I have $400 spare, and I am frankly sick of buying clothes, games, or other nonsense I waste my money on. I want to take this money to the Street. I know $400 wont get me much, but I want to invest it in something.

 

You can start investing with any amount of money. The only problem is trading fees are going to eat you alive with any small amount. You could always look into trading options which you can start doing with much less cash as opposed to taking a long position in a security. But.... since you're a wall street "nub" I wouldn't really recommend that.

If you REALLY want to invest that money right now I would put it into either a CD (if you can find one with a high enough RoR to even make it worth your while) or a money market mutual fund while you gather some more cash and learn a little bit more about investing.

 
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Better question... why do you want to buy Goldman stock other than "you are sick of buying clothes." I mean by that logic, possible alternatives are lottery tickets and horses.

Give us a reason why, it will do you good, believe me.

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Well, it really depends. When GS dropped down to about $70 ... someone I know suggested buying $100 strike calls for about $12 each ... that very someone made over $600k on a $50k trade ...

At this price? I think lots of people are just jumping on the bandwagon ... there are plenty of better names out there to buy. Plus I think a correction is in the works so we'll see.

Finally, the question "is this a good buy" is always a dumb question because GS might be a great company ... but the stock price doesn't always reflect how good or bad a company is ...

But if it's good enough for buffett then it should be good enough eh? :D

 

Dude GS is $180 a share. One share would result in serious concentration. 20% of your portfolio in one stock is no good – especially when that stock has displayed incredible volatility

What is your rationale? I may be buying puts. 30x PE. 1.7 PB. The regulatory outlook isn’t good for financials.

 

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