The promise of making a lot of money has been heard by many, and many have found out that it just is not as easy as they had heard. They lost money - sometimes a lot of it. They then turned away from the stock market and ended up totally disillusioned about it. The truth is, they may have been somewhat confused about it in the first place. They may have thought it would come to them just like it did to others - without knowing the why’s or the how’s. Here are some strategies that you can use in order to help you to avoid the common mistakes that others have made.

Get A Realistic View

By looking at the market with your eyes open, you can come to understand not only the profit possibilities, but also the possibility of losses. The truth is that the higher the possible gain there is, that it is always associated with the increased likelihood of loss. The safer investments always bring a lower level of profit, and the safest investments have attached to them the lowest levels of profit.

Understand The Market

One of the greatest benefits that you can have to help you avoid a lot of potential pitfalls in your investments is to understand the principles of investing. In other words, read all you can about the process, how to judge a good stock, etc. The more you know about it yourself, the wiser you will be able to invest your funds - and hopefully see a profit. You will also be able to develop a worthwhile investment strategy - both for the short term and for the long term.

Diversify

It is smart investing to place your available investment funds into a minimum of 6 different kinds of shares. Some suggest that you go as many as 20 in order to diversify safely. Spread your investments into different kinds of stock (sectors) that are not related. This way if one type of market does not do well, then the other ones should. This enables you to still make money from some of your investment.

It is usually a good idea to diversify into more than just the stock market - at least until you really understand what you are doing. The smart investor will take a portion of their investment money and put a percentage of it into secure investments like trust funds which are solid investments, and possibly also bonds, which are the most secure, but do provide less interest.

Seek Counsel From Professionals

Unless you have money to just throw away, it would be a real good idea to seek help from someone who understands the market better than you do. There are professionals out there, financial advisors, brokers, etc., that are more than willing to help you build a solid portfolio for your investments. Their expertise can spare you a lot of unnecessary loss, and get you on to the right track to some solid profit.

Make Your Investments For The Long Term

While there is different thinking about the markets and how to invest, the general idea is to make your investments for the long term. Experienced stock market experts tend not to watch the market everyday, but only check on it once a month and many of them only quarterly. Watching it everyday leads to a lot of anxiety - since the market normally fluctuates a lot from day to day. Overall, though, it generally moves upward.

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No matter what age you are or even your level of employment or economic position, it may be a good idea to start preparing now, even in a meager way, for eventual financial security. Some people feel they need every dollar they make to get by from one paycheck to the next. While this may be true for some, there are others who squander significant sums on insignificant things. They could be socking that money away into an investment account that, over time, could lead to huge savings and a comfortable retirement.

It isn’t hard to get started. All you need is $100 to $500 to open an account, and anywhere from $25 to $50 monthly to continue building your stock or mutual fund portfolio. In fact, a young person aged 20 could deposit $2,000 and then not another dime. In forty years he or she might have tens of thousands of dollars. The stock market has followed fairly predictable patterns since its inception in the 1800s in New York City. Although historic events like the Great Depression and several global wars have impacted its activity, the gains and losses remain fairly consistent, with most investors earning a predictable return on their investment.

Of course, no one can predict what the future holds, or whether the pattern will continue. And none of us should invest more money than we can afford to losejust in case the world economy crashes one of these days. But with steady deposits that continue to compound and earn interest over time, a sensible and prudent investor can substantially increase the amount of money going for retirement or a dream vacation at some future point.

If you are thinking about opening an investment account, do a little online browsing for more information. Visit sites like E-trade or Scott’s Trades to see how the process works. Start reading your newspaper’s financial pages for details about the latest stock prices and market trends. Do a little paper trading by following the daily stock news. Instead of actually purchasing stock, however, work it out on a piece of paper by pretending to buy a certain amount of stock for the specified price and then watching to see how it performs over the following week. Chart your gains or losses to figure out whether your stock deal was successful. If you do this for several months, you will soon learn to understand more about the stock market and how to buy and sell like the pros.

Even if your budget is tight, try to set aside a little money to open an investment account from any windfalls that come your way from job bonuses, inheritances, or cash gifts. Some people set aside their annual job raise, or part of it, as part of their investment strategy. Then, as your budget becomes looser with paid-off bills or grown-up kids, you may be able to start having a standard monthly amount deducted automatically from your paycheck and deposited into your investment account. This could take the form of a Roth IRA (individual retirement account), a money market fund, a mutual fund portfolio, or individual stock shares.

It probably is a good idea to take an investment class at the community college or sign up for a financial planning seminar. Success may be just a few years away if you start now and plan right.

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Just the other day one of my friends, Linwood, asked me, “David, how are you doing in commodities?” I replied, “Why as a matter of fact, I’m checking on some profits right now.” Linwood went on to say that his cousin is a commodities broker. I replied, “And you have not invested in commodities yet? What are you waiting for?”

My friend went on to say that he wanted to learn more about commodities before he invested in them. He is very smart in wanting to learn before he jumps into something he does not fully understand.

Being a success coach in teaching people how to invest in commodities, I seized the opportunity to help him get acquainted with commodity investing. I pulled up a website that showed the prices of what commodities were trading at. I went over some basics like how to read and interpret the charts.

He then asked me where I thought he could invest $500. I proceeded to tell him that I thought Gold offered a good opportunity. I cautioned him that Gold was currently in an uptrend but that it would eventually pull back.

I then asked him what was the minimum amount of money he would be satisfied in making? The reason I asked this question is because I wanted to make sure his expectations were realistic. I asked him other questions too - like what was his timeframe for an expected payoff? He answered these questions. Based on his answers to the questions we devised a plan of action.

I advised him to take a look at investing in a Gold call option. At the time the option was priced at $490. I advised him that the commission and fees would add to this price a little. I said let’s watch the price for a week or two to see if he would have made money in the trade.

This strategy is referred to as “paper trading” or as I like to call it “play before you pay.”
It is a great way to learn how to invest and use different strategies before you risk your money.

The following day we watched the call option go up in price to $700. This represented a $210 profit in one day. Another way of looking at this is he could have made a 43% profit in one day. The next day when we looked at Gold, it was worth $800. So in two days he could have made a profit of $310 minus commission and fees. This amount represents a 63% profit in a couple of days.

Keep in mind this is money he did not have to do physical work for. It is what I call “sit down money”. On the otherhand, “stand there money” is when you have to work for someone else and stand there and accept however they treat you.

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Much More Success,

David D. Wells -
Master of Turning a Small Stash into a Huge Pile of Cash

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