Investment Style
Combination of buy-and-hold for my IRA / 401k, and short-term trading for my investment account.
Use both fundamental and technical analysis to choose stocks to invest.
Mostly long stocks and will use ETFs as a shorting tool.
How stevey12 Got Started
Started investing in 1979 right out of college in money market funds. Rates were up at 19% then... Gradually built a portfolio in mutual funds and started to buy individual stocks. Being a micro-processor design engineer at the time and working with the 8088 CPU, I called a large brokerage firm to ask about Intel in 1983. He misheard me and talked up an oil & gas stock called Impel. Being young and naive, I bought his stock instead of mine. Long story short, INTC rocketed a thousand fold, while Impel fell into obscurity. Lesson in life - follow your convictions, and do your own research.