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Written by Anthony Green
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Matching Stocks and Strategies with Your Goals
Various stocks are out there, as well as various investment approaches. The key to success in the stock market is matching the right kind of stock with the right kind of investment situation. You have to choose the stock and the approach that match your goals. Before investing in a stock, ask yourself, “When do I want to reach my financial goal?” Stocks are a means to an end. Your job is to figure out what that end is or, more importantly, when it is. Do you want to retire in ten years or next year? Must you pay for your kid’s college education next year or 18 years from now? The length of time you have before you need the money you hope to earn from stock investing determines what stocks you should buy.
Dividends are payments made to an owner (unlike interest, which is payment to a creditor). Dividends are a great form of income, and companies that issue dividends tend to have more stable stock prices as well. Every investor has a unique situation, set of goals, and level of risk tolerance. Remember that the terms large-cap, mid cap, and small-cap refer to the size (or market capitalization, also known as market cap) of the company. All factors being equal, large companies are safer (less risky) than small companies.
Investing for the Future
Are your goals long term or short term? Answering this question is important because individual stocks can be either great or horrible choices, depending on the time period you want to focus on. Generally, the length of time you plan to invest in stocks can be short term, intermediate term, or long term.
Investing in stocks becomes less risky as the time frame lengthens. Stock prices tend to fluctuate on a daily basis, but they have a tendency to trend up or down over an extended period of time. Even if you invest in a stock that goes down in the short term, you’re likely to see it rise and possibly go above your investment if you have the patience to wait it out and let the stock price appreciate.
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Investors who analyze the company can better judge the value of the stock and profit from buying and selling it. Your greatest asset in stock investing is knowledge (and a little common sense). To succeed in the world of stock investing, keep in mind these key success factors:
- Analyze yourself. What do you want to accomplish with your stock investing? What are your investment goals?
- Know where to get information. The decisions you make about your money and what stocks to invest in require quality information.
- Understand why you want to invest in stocks. Are you seeking appreciation (capital gains) or income (dividends)?
- Do some research. Look at the company whose stock you’re considering to see whether it’s a profitable company worthy of your investment dollars.
- Choosing a winning stock also means that you choose a winning industry. You’ll frequently see stock prices of mediocre companies in “hot” industries rise higher and faster than solid companies in floundering industries. Therefore, choosing the industry is very important.
- Understand how the world affects your stock. Stocks succeed or fail in large part due to the environment in which they operate. Economics and politics make up that world, so you should know something about them.
- Understand and identify megatrends. Doing so makes it easier for you to make money. This edition spends more time and provides more resources helping you see the opportunities in emerging sectors and even avoid the problem areas.
- Use investing strategies like the pros do. In other words, how you go about investing can be just as important as what you invest in. Know techniques for investing to help you make more money from your stocks.
- Keep more of the money you earn. After all your great work in getting the right stocks and making the big bucks, you should know about keeping more of the fruits of your investing.
- Sometimes, what people tell you to do with stocks is not as revealing as what people are actually doing. This is why I like to look at company insiders before I buy or sell that particular stock.
Actually, these tips offers you valuable guidance on some essential aspect of the fantastic world of stocks. The knowledge you pick up and apply from these tips has been tested over nearly a century of stock picking. The investment experience of the past the good, the bad, and some of the ugly is here for your benefit. Use this information to make a lot of money. |
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