Friday, March 22, 2013

Introductory Stock Tips

By Ian Lenny


The title of this article is a bit misleading. This article doesn't have inside information that will give you an unfair advantage in the stock market. Our apologies. However, we would like to provide you with a few of the basics that you need to consider when investing your cash. These stock market tips are meant to familiarize you with the only investment strategy you need to concern yourself with when first considering putting your money in the stock market. This article will be more useful for those of you who want to build their wealth in in the long run. For a better perspective on daytrading and intraday stock tips refer to this great article on stock market trading tips.

Over the long term there's been no better investment to make in order to keep the value of your money increasing well beyond the historical rate of inflation then stocks. Since WWII stocks have more or less consistently beat the historical inflation rate which is just above 3%. Stock prices over the long term basically track the development and behavior of the companies they represent. If a company has increasing revenue in the long run, its stock values should also increase. While additional factors affect a stock price temporarily, the failure or success of a business is the only metric that actually mirrors stock price over the lifetime of a company. Therefore it is important to remember that the market will eventually predict stock prices and that this concept may not work in reverse. So it is important to not get caught up with the everyday fluctuations if your goal is to be a value investor.

There are many outlets for free stock tips, just like there are lots of places to make low cost trades. The problem with this is that it promotes day trading by inexperienced and unqualified traders. The only people who should be engaged in daytrading are the ones that have a lot of time and money to lose. A good analogy would be the person who decides to pick up Olympic weightlifting to get into shape. It would be far easier and less time consuming to adopt a simple routine of resistance training and cardio then to master a highly skilled type of barbell training like Olympic lifting for 99% of the fitness minded population. So if you want to begin in daytrading or Olympic weightlifting we would strongly recommend that you seek a qualified coach. In this case may I please recommend Phil Town. What I love about his book is that he presents a simple to follow percise system that is based on value investing.

For 99% of investors they should take the value investing approach in which you asses key aspects of the business you are investing in. The benefit to this approach is that you can assess widely available and easily understandable information about your target company. A general knowledge of the company you are interestedin is a good enough starting point. Do you understand the market the company is operation in and the other key players in that industry? Is the business primarily positioned for growth or maintenance of its position in the market? These are the questions you need to ask yourself and have answers for before investing in any company.

Even with a long term value mentality it is still necessary to re-evaluate your position on an ongoing basis. For most value investors this means at least once a year, but more often than not once a quarter. The best tip anyone can give you when getting into executing manual investments is to start out with value investing. It will give you the best overview of the market and prepare you with a basic understanding of the market that will allow you to further research and understand more dynamic, complex investment strategies.




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