I need some smart opinions on this.

[TheFoot]

Here is the best tip. Don't take stock tips.

Come up with a method. TA, Fundamental, Chicken guts. They all work.

Yea I'm starting to put together what I think is a strategy.

 

[smallfil]

So it seems to me when some expert advertises on the internet a stock they like it seems the general flock upon buying that stock could potentially raise the value just based on everyone reading the ad and then buying it causing it to raise.

If that is accurate then would it make sence to just jump on every stock you see getting advertised on a broad scale? Like cramers show or on a top stock news site.

News for retail traders is stale news, like a week old bread. You think that tastes good? Probably, you would get food poisoning on top of it. Do yourself a favor and avoid Bloomberg, CNBC, ET trolls. All of them spreading lies and disinformation. There is no such thing as a free lunch. Consider too who you are lined up against in the stockmarket. The big boys (hedge funds, mutual funds, brokers, banks) move the stockmarket, not the legions of wannabe retail traders looking to become instant millionaires. Now, what matters is the trends. The big boys do not jump in and out of stocks like the daytraders. Once, in it, they ride the trends as far as it will go and harvest their profits. Retail traders in contrast, are chasing that stock, for FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) on a sure thing. Now, if you are a smart trader, you buy stocks going up and sell short (via put options only), stocks that are going down. Do not borrow shares to short because your risk to the upside is unlimited.

 

[jys78]

Agree with the other commenter. The best tip of all is to ignore tips. By the time you get the news, the relevant move has already happened.