OK...never played the market before.. dont want to play for money, just want to buy to express my confidence in the American economy. Say $200.
I know there are people on this board that have knowledge of these things, what advice can you give? BP

General Dynamics .............. oh wait.

What bonds"? Would it be better to invest in a co. that was wiped out in the blast? BP

Get ten shares of Triquint NASDAQ: TQNT.  They make gallium arsenide chips.  Then walk away from it for a few years.  You will be happy when you look at it again.

Don't buy in pre-market activity or at the open.  Wait until about 10:00 Eastern time.



Jim

Buy US Gov't bonds only if you want to park funds in something safe not for an investment. Govvies are trading below 3% for maturities below 5yrs.

Applied Materials. That cause I own it and I want it to go up. So please buy a shitload of Applied Materials. For no apparent reasone other than my benefit. I got it at 65, then 40, then at 30. So my cost is 45 anything higher than that would be greatly appreciated. I figure with 10K members buying 10K share a piece that would rally the stock a bit for me to get out at say......sixty. So help a fellow member out, buy yourself 10,000 shares of Applied Materials tomorrow. Cause I really need the money.

OH BTW, word is institutionals will be buying heavily tomorrow if Main Street sells off.

I only want to demonstrate confidence in the market, not make money. BP

EMC

I recommend a few Bulgarian, AK folding stocks.

Seriously, any defense related stock should prosper, and would be patriotic to boot.

I'm not an investment advisor (although I play one on TV), I'd say that just any defense-related stock  would  probably be a decent choice — Raytheon, E-systems, Texas Instruments, etc.

Really bad choices would include Boeing, Airbus and most airlines — at least for the short haul, or unless you can buy at ultra-bargain-basement prices.

Texas Instruments (TXN) - defense related

and I think Cisco (CSCO) could be a good choice for the networking aspect.  I believe companies that don't have alternate data sites soon will.