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Source: David Campbell |
No stockbrokers, no financial advisers,
just you and the open market. What a thrilling prospect. Wait, are you
seriously considering this proposition?
Please allow me to give some advice: Don't do it.
I speak with some experience, having lost my fair share in the "open
market" as a do-it-yourself investor. The odds of success in this kind of
investing are comparable to the odds of wining the lottery. It's a crap
shoot. Unless you are willing to take the time to investigate,
investigate, and then do some investigation. Successful investing
is not a privilege of the stock broker and the financial analyst, alone.
It is an area open to voluntary participation from any walk to life. The
catch here is that you must be knowledgeable, or you will lose.
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Take the time to understand all the
components of the investing arena, before you risk losing your nice little
nest egg in ten minutes or less. What you have spent a lifetime saving can
be gone in as little as ten minutes. Now, that should be a scary thought
for any sane, rational, investor.
Mega Millions Lottery If you still intend to invest alone, here are a few tips and
guidelines to help ensure your success. If you are going to invest, at
least hire some form of investment professional to give you advice. It's
not necessary to let them do the investing, but use common sense, here.
They know things you do not, and have not had time to learn.
Another piece of advice: if it sounds too good to be true, it is.
Hands down, dream investments do not exist. If you know someone who acted
on a friend's great tip, you can bet that someone worked hard for that
information, and it probably isn't going to produce the mega return
promised.
You must be patient when investing.
Investing is like saving, it takes time to accumulate real returns. Don't
panic, take the time to step back and look objectively at your investment
and the market indicators. Panic will cost you money. Hand in hand with
the patience, there must be some read education about the investing
process on your part.
If you're going to invest, take the time to learn
the process, learn how to read a prospectus, how to calculate and
distinguish a healthy business from one that is about to fold. Your
knowledge will be your ticket to successful investing with a show of real
returns.
It can be done, it is done everyday, by people just like you and I. You
just need to understand the enormity of the commitment necessary to become
a successful investor.
About the Author:
David Campbell is a financial advisor who specializes in personal finance
and investments. Visit his Successful Investing Strategies Blog at
http://successful-investing-strategies.com for more investing
information.
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