3 source of knowledge for an amateur investor  –

An office mate asked me last week. “I want to start learning about investment, what should I do”. This is what I told him. Read the 3 sources of knowledge and give yourself 2 weeks to digest and analyze -

1. The Intelligent Investor (…

Convert from amateur investor to smart investor:

Everyone wants to be financially stable. People try to do this by either investing in a business, investing in real estate, retirement plans, and stock market or just by mere savings. Most of the people invest to get prepared for their retirement. A few I know do it just for fun.

Smart investments are not easy. It’s a combination of various things – research, practice and a bit of luck. Good research can give you…

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I have met various traders in my life.  Being a conservative guy now, I am still trying to understand the mentality of Option Trading when one does not have enough experience with research and stock market.

I am one of the victims of hearing stories from my option trading friends – how they made $5K and how they lost $10K on a particular option. Most of the…