While still working on bringing my long lost fiat to Israel, I found a loophole to partially bypass the crypto boycott issued borderline illegally by the local banks.
Basically I'm depositing some of the fiat directly into an Israeli investment house (commonly known as a stock broker), buying a bunch of stocks, bonds and ETFs, and then safely depositing the income they generate into my checking account.
Oddly enough, the banks don't care how a person acquired said stocks, as long is he\she funnels only the dividends they generate, and not the principal used to buy them.
But, what stocks should I (and consequently Steemizens in general) buy?
For those who manage their own portfolio, how do you choose want to invest in, and ,equally important, for how long to HODL?
I tried that Motley Fool Stock Advisor for a few weeks. But their recommendations seem... unwise...
If I want to put it delicately.
Too many of their 'favorite' stocks are simply overpriced businesses, that are expected to earn more money in the future... meaning they're still overpriced, but slightly less so...
I'm sorry, but I don't follow that logic.
A good strategy might be finding stocks with better than average (S&P 500 average, for example, or better than their respected sector, if possible) P/B, P/S, and P/E, or at least two of which.
Obviously the payout ratio matters as well. I wouldn't touch a company that pays more than 65% percent of its earnings as dividends. While nothing makes me happier than seeing my balance grow every quarter, I still want the business I invest in to have a better economic cushion, when the inevitable hard times come.
I think www.finviz.com does a great job separating the companies with bad financials, from those with good ones. But I don't think it's really enough to pour money into one or another stock. Solely focusing on current fundamentals.
So let's do some brain storming, folks. If you had (or actually have) 50,000$ to invest in the stock market.
Which publicly traded companies would you choose, and why?
*Interesting comments will get some nice upvotes ;)
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