Hi Carlos, welcome and a lot of the advice from the other forumites is good, however I will give you 5 of my picks, which I see as having some upside in the near future. I would say in my opinion that you investigate a number of shares and then buy into 1 only, as the broker fees will kill you otherwise. Here are my 5: BEG - buy at 23cents (should move to 26-27 cents over next month or 2), VMK - buy in the mid 90's (will move back over R 1,00 and at worst, pays a nice dividend, normally), CEL - buy at 69-70cents (currently undervalued in my opinion, see it going to about 80cents short term), SAL - buy in mid 60's (more volatile, but unless the whole market has a big drop, should climb from here), SIM - buy at 4,50 - also volatile but on its way up again. NB!!! Also, make sure you have a clear strategy when you buy as to when you are going to sell. Greed is probably the biggest downfall of traders. Make a decision, eg buy at 20c, allow 20% growth i.e. 24c, then either sell or put a stop loss on at 23, but know your plan from the outset and stick to it. This is all only my opinion, so good luck and let us know how it goes.
