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Message: [QUOTE="DavidinNaples, post: 2310077, member: 3537"] [B]UMiami [/B]- Dogs of the Dow is still around, often working brilliantly, other times not at all. The theory, as you know, is to pick the worst Dow stocks to buy, assuming they will outperform the next year. All 30 Dow stocks are quality companies w/ strong balance sheets. If one of them is a "dog", the thought is that company will turn their business around and the stock price will outperform. G.E. has been an exception to that trading strategy. [B]Scud[/B] - My favorite mid-capitalization ETF is one called MDY. It is a 400 stock basket of companies with marekt capitalization of between $2-$10 billion. The fees are low at 0.25%. Because it is an ETF, it trades during the trading day just like a stock. [B]Daddy Choc [/B]- Some people love BitCoin. I'm not a fan of anything that exist only on the internet. Physical certificates have been replaced for stocks and bonds, but the companies that issue these securities exist in real life. BitCoin and other crypto currencies are imaginary. Rather be safe than sorry, even though some investors have done well with BitCoin and similar investments. Probably the best measure of the stock market is the S&P 500. Rather than 30 stocks, the S&P 500 has 500 companies. (Hence the name) Obviously, more diversity and better representation of the economy. [/QUOTE]