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Four Tips For First Time Stock Investors

stock market investing tipsIf you have never purchased stocks before, then you need to read this first. Yes, stocks are a great way to invest your money but they are still risky if you don’t know what you are doing. It is because of this that I recommend that you learn a little bit about stocks before you put a penny into them.

Before I get into the four tips for first time stock investors I just want to make sure that you have money in savings first. The reason I say this is because a stock investment should not be considered a savings account as they carry risk.

Don’t Buy Before Doing Research – Just like you wouldn’t buy a property without first doing your research, likewise if you don’t research a stock, then you won’t know the first thing about it. What most people don’t understand is that all stocks carry different risks and rewards and you need to know that in order to make the best decision.  There are courses you can take to learn how to research companies.  I highly recommend that you take a reputable course if you are planning on trading stocks for a living.  If you are married, it’s a good idea to both take the course so that you will both understand the risks involved with investing.

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Why You Should Avoid The Stock Market

How many people do you know make a living from the stock market? My guess is that you don’t know very many, if any at all, and that is because it is getting harder and harder to make money. This is not because the stock market is not a great place to triple your money, it is just because too many people are greedy, and greed is never a good thing when dealing with the stock market.

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Book Reviews

Learn How To Invest In The Stock Market

Why Are We So Clueless About The Stock Market? Learn how to invest your money, how to pick stocks, and how to make money in the stock market by Marius Skonieczny

If you have been thinking about investing in the stock market in order to achieve your medium and long-term savings goals, I would highly recommend that you read Why Are We So Clueless about the Stock Market? .  It’s well organized, easy to understand, and provides charts and graphs as well as examples in order to illustrate the main points outlined.

The author discusses the importance of doing research before simply selecting stocks to invest in.  The book talks about the process of determining the value of a given stock and provides clear instructions on how to determine whether or not a company is a sound investment choice.   The book emphasizes that there is no use in spending a lot of time researching a given company unless it meets certain criteria.

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Why Is Your Stockbroker Clueless About investing?

It is truly amazing how many people entrust their entire life savings to stockbrokers who know absolutely nothing or very little about investing. In their defense, many stockbrokers may be honest individuals who truly want to help their clients. However, the problem is that they were never trained to be investors but instead were trained to be salespeople, and they are constantly being pushed by their employers to sell. After being recruited by a brokerage company, they are subjected to intensive sales training where they are taught how to cold-call, prospect for clients, and counter various clients’ objections. The actual education on how to select and analyze particular investments is limited.

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Learn to Trade Individual Stocks

While at a concert recently, I met a young woman who told me that she and her husband took a course a few years ago that taught them how to trade individual stocks.

She said, when she first heard about the training she almost didn’t take it, because the course was quite expensive, almost $9000.  However, they decided to take it despite the cost, and she said they were able to recoup the cost of the course within one year of trading stocks.

She recommended that married couples should take the course together, so that both partners are on the same page.  It is much more difficult if only one spouse understands what is going on.

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