ok so at my school we are playing a stock market game and i was wondering on how does one recover from about a $5,000 loss? i currently have about $30,000 cash and i do not plan to take out a loan
Cash doesn't earn anything (or at most it earns very little)...
Buy an index (SPY, IWB, DIA, etc...) and so long as the game goes on for another month or two you'll blow everyone away...
Well, i have a theory on how you can make it up over a long period of time.
Dividends
I know some stocks pay extraordinay dividens and make plenty of money over a period of time. I was taught a great dividend will have a 10% yeild. Ares Capital Corporation(ARCC) pays about a 14% dividend so you could make a good deal of money. You could also find some other high dividend tocks. Long-term moey making is better becasue it is a lot less risky and usually gives a positive return if you don't totally screw up.
Make $5000