A. Here is an excellent starting point! This website will give you the "Top Rated" stocks by Industry Sectors. This is where I go to get some of my top buys and do my research analysis activities!

http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/srs/srstopstocks.asp Click Here!

You will have to decide for yourself what types of companies (or industry sector) you want to invest your money. No one can really make that decision for you -- it's just part of the learning curve when you are looking for companies to invest in, but take some time at this site, check out a few of the "Top Ranked" stocks and see if they interest you.

Make you a list of about 5 of them -- then find out the details about what they do or have to offer. Look at the "Historical Price", "Volume", "Earnings Timeframe" and whatever else you think you need to know about them in order to make a decision on whether or not to buy that particular company. That's the best place to start.

Another place to screen stocks is "www.stock1.com" -- enter the stock symbol in the "quotes" entry field and you will be able to see the last 5 days pricing movement on the stock along with charts, opinions, and profile information.

You can also follow my Weekly Quarterly Earnings Newsletter (see the link on the homepage) for for great investment ideas and opportunities that I invest in regularly. My opinion for 2009 is that "Technology", "Energy" and "Agriculture" (and a few financials) will still be the leading investment sectors. Companies like (AAPL, APA, BIDU, FSLR, GOOG, GS, IBM, ISRG, MA, POT, RIMM, WFC, X, XOM), and a few ETFs and Indices like (CME, ICE, NDX or $NDX.X, RUT or $RUT.X) should all perform well as the economy recovers.
Here's my own "Best Top Buys List" Click Here!

Jimmie V Smith Jr.

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