If you are hunting for individual stocks or sectors, begin with an assessment



of what people are going to need more of in coming years and try to find those

companies that are leaders or trying to become leaders in those fields.

Some investors do not wish to mess with their portfolios and just wish to try a

small short-term bet on something and that is perfectly okay (and probably prudent).

The important thing is to distinguish between short-term speculations and long-term

investments, because your objectives with the two will probably be different.

Your long-term investments could probably endure a 20% drop in value if you are

holding them for 10 years or longer. A short-term speculative play with a loss of

10% might be too much of a loss because the idea of these plays is to get in and

out very quickly. And if you take hits of 30-40% it won't be long before your

speculative capital is gone.

Now is the time to think about the next big market plunge because sooner or later

we know it has to hit. Some of the big name growth stocks may seem too high today,

but if they begin to head lower for whatever reason you should begin to consider

at what price level you might wish to enter them and commit to buying them.

And keep in mind that some people cannot make investment decisions because they

think they can never do enough research in order to be sure about something.

Now is the time to face reality: we can never be absolutely sure, all of our

investments involve some degree of chance.

As long as something does not involve putting your entire investment plan in

jeopardy, you might just want to go ahead and play one of your hunches. Often

times your instincts are right and when they aren't, you can learn something

that may help you make smarter decisions down the road.

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