Moller ended up becoming the most profitable stock in my portfolio during the first week of investing, with a gain of over 10%. Throughout the month, Moller has continued to outperform any other stock in my portfolio, so my investment risk paid off. So far, my least performing stock was Zoltek, another energy company.
My overall investment strategy, I discovered, was more high-risk than I had initially thought. However, I did need to balance my portfolio with some more stalwart stocks, in order to ensure that I would not lose all of my investment capital. I bought 1000 more shares of Citigroup, 100 shares of Deutche Bank, and 1000 shares of Home Depot. Many of these companies have not been performing well recently, but they are good long-term investments.
Then, because Moller continued to perform well, I purchased 5000 more shares, which increased my immediate profit percentages...
If the stock starts to fall, I can always quickly sell. Based on my choices, I am hoping for a balance of immediate profit and gain, which will require a steady, constant vigil of the market. At the same time, I want to balance my investment strategy by making some smart longer-term investments that might pay off years or decades down the road.
During my first week of investing, I lost about .75% of my initial investment. By the end of the second week, I made only a few adjustments, hoping that the stocks that were performing poorly such as Ballard and Lucent, would eventually pay off. At the end of the four weeks I was close to breaking even, with a .15% loss overall. Because of my willingness to be patient with lulls in the market, I believe that if I keep up my investment strategy throughout the year and years to come that eventually I would begin…
