I say we start a thread and give our stock picks here. Disclaimer: Not responsible for any gains or losses!

Today from me

United: UALAQ.OB
Lucent: LU

 

um, wait a second, I have to go buy some stocks first and then I'll post them j/k

HMC !!

 

Nextel

NXTL

IMO for telecommunications this is a good pick.

 

Level(3) Communications

 

Cerner stock is going back up:

cern

Was @ 16 last month (april), and was chicken...they are at 21 now!

 

Reliant Energy (resources)
RRI
Jan 2003 $3.28
today $5.91

$6.2B bank refinancing deal completed in end of March/beginning of April.

Has a retail side along with its wholesale trading (energy provider for state of Texas and is expanding to other states)

 

STEM (Stem Cell Inc.) just posted a gain of 127% yesterday and 8.33% today. This is a bargain basement stock selling now at 1.82 per share.

ASTM (Aastrom) had a gain of 23% since Friday and this is a real bargain that you really can't get hurt on at 47 cents a share today

 

Sorry for thread jacking, but could I purchase stocks with $1500(all the money I have at 18 years of age) I tried going through stock brokers but they require an initial investment of 10K

 

Some of the on line brokerages only require a 1000 to start with and you can add money as you go. You don't get any advise from them though and check out the fees they charge per trade.

 

Try DRIP places where initial funding can be as little as $20, each transaction $6.99 or even less. It's not real-time, but I don't suggest super short term trading (less than a few days) anyway.