I Have been buying stock in the market since 1979, Most of the yrs, I made good money,
I gave some close friends a my personal idea on one stock in 2002, the price was $5.00, it went up straight to $40.00 till 2007, that's a 8 times investment.
Well I have over the yrs bought B rated stocks & was able to make money most of the time, now I just buy A Rated stocks, the A's are very low now.
The same stock that I recommended is the one I'm going for again in 2009. you know the company, you have a good chance of them being in your house in a product.
I will let you know it after I purchase my shares, it will cost under $2.00 a share, so a thousand shares or so will be the investment for myself.
I find this very cheap for myself to get back in again, besides what else is there to do with a couple of dollars.