After reading Claire Pourbaix’s post on picking stocks, I did a little research of my own on stocks to pick when investing. There are a lot of things to consider when choosing which company to invest in. Typically, higher risk delivers higher reward, which can be great for some people looking to get rich quick. Others are a lot steadier in growth and are a lot safer for people without a large income.

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Personally, I’ve recently started investing and playing around in the stock market. I’ve found a serious interest in commodity and tech stocks. Maybe it’s just because I love the risk factor, but also because I think it’s a lot more interesting than watching an ETF grow over time. Commodities are very volatile markets, especially due to supply factors. Commodities like oil and gold mining can be very risky, since one poor venture into a lowly supplied resource area could spell bad earnings reports and drop a stock’s price.

I do like that commodities don’t rely on consumer preferences, like tech stocks. Picking the next best thing is hard in technology. The best specs doesn’t always mean the best profits.