(03-17-2020, 04:24 PM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(03-17-2020, 04:02 PM)jagibelieve Wrote: I started to "leg in" a bit earlier today.  Everything that I bought I feel should be good long term investments.  My strategy is to look for companies with a good balance sheet that pay a decent dividend.  They are also companies that won't be impacted "as much" with the disruption of every day life.  Think about companies like AT&T or Philip Morris.  The stock prices aren't going to "shoot up" by any means, but they will make a steady climb while still paying a decent dividend.

Also tech looks pretty good right now.  As I have said many times on this forum, I rarely buy individual stocks, but Micro$oft at $135.50 looked pretty good to me.  Will it dip lower?  Possibly in the near term, but over the longer term it will come back to where it once was ($190) and possibly go higher.  100 shares should make up the slight losses that I took before my stop-loss kicked in... and that's just one stock.

I would caution anyone to not take my advice since I am by no means a professional.  If you have a 401k with your employer just keep contributing and don't mess with your investments.  Over time it is going to come back and you're basically buying stocks "on sale" right now.  Once the market comes back you will be in better shape than you were before the drop.

Microsoft is a real good pick.  They are very strong and can survive anything.