<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The 5K Pledge]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://the5kpledge.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[I Believe]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://the5kpledge.wordpress.com/author/the5kpledge/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Stock Market Investment Opportunities for&nbsp;2018]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Welcome again, readers, to another article written by The Pledge. Thank you for taking the time out of your day to visit our blog. We hope this entry proves useful for those seeking to make their balance sheet even more lucrative.</p>
<p>At the time of my writing, my portfolio has holdings in all the tickers suggested in this entry. Here&#8217;s a snapshot of my Quest Trade. Not sure what Quest Trade is? Head over to this article that explains the basics of investing.</p>
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<p>Today I will write about BBL, VCN,TO, and the NBGGY (National Bank of Greece).</p>
<p>BHP Billiton (BBL) is a strong investment long term. The company has a solid balance sheet, and is currently mining essential metals for electric car development. More pointedly, the metals mined from this company are used to produce lithium ion batteries. Given electric cars are emerging market, it makes sense to put the dollars to work on BBL.</p>
<p>VCN.TO is a must own for any Canadian investors. It basically has a wide net cast on all the banks. The reason I delved into VCN is because I plan to risk 1000 on cryptocurrency, and I was hoping that VCN would alleviate risk sprinkling into my portfolio from bitcoin.</p>
<p>NBGGY is a risky investment. Assuming that the Greek economy recovers, the potential for this stock is high. It was purchased at a very low number, and it actually saw a 61% increase six months ago, but I didn&#8217;t sell it.  When the Greek economy recovers, this stock will (hopefully) rocket.</p>
<p>There you have it, a full throttle vision of my stock portfolio. Check out a detailed article that shows how we budget the books, including a file to formulated excel spreadsheet for auto generating numbers; no more calculators when the coding can do the job!</p>
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