| Advice to help you | | | | · Spend time on your investment weekly and |
| If you are a new entrant; professional help can | | | | observe the market trends. Keep track of your |
| provide you the least risk and good reward | | | | earnings and factors that may affect your |
| stocks. Their analysis depends on a number of | | | | investment. |
| factors. A few factors that you could use are | | | | · If your reasons to buy a stock are still valid |
| · Understand one stock completely. To which | | | | you need not sell the stock. |
| industry the company belongs? What is the | | | | · Beware of media or media quoted rates. It |
| company's investment? How it makes its money? | | | | is not necessary that you buy or sell at the rates |
| Read its press releases, news and result | | | | in the financial press. |
| broadcasts. Know the competitors of the | | | | Major signs of a good company |
| company and the trends in the particular industry. | | | | · Sales and earnings grow |
| · Spend time on research and focus on what | | | | · Company debt remains stable or declines |
| is important. Whenever you make decisions on | | | | Tools that can help you in stock investment |
| buying, selling or holding write it down as to why | | | | There are a number of tools for an investor to |
| you are making such a decision. A review of | | | | make an informed and calculated decision on |
| successful decisions and not so successful | | | | investment in the stock market. |
| decisions can help you in future stratagem | | | | · Internet research tools give you the latest |
| · Evaluate and re-evaluate every stock on | | | | data on company stocks and trends. |
| the market or the stock you have chosen the | | | | · Websites offer the same data given by |
| same way. Comparing and contrasting can give | | | | internet research tools and also give stock trading |
| you some valuable insights into the stock market. | | | | tips by experts. |
| · Discuss with friends and explain the | | | | · Softwares that do the internet research |
| rationale of why you bought your stock and how | | | | and provide a detailed analysis. These softwares |
| you expect to perform. They may be rational | | | | manage the stock quote file with 18,000 ticker |
| when you are not. | | | | symbols and more. Graphical display and export or |
| · High valuations entail high risk (future | | | | import of data into other financial or editing |
| performance determines the value of stocks and | | | | softwares is an addition. |
| in case these predictions do not materialize prices | | | | · Java Applets that perform a real time |
| will decline). Penny stocks too are the high risk | | | | stock ticker updates that can be integrated with |
| category. | | | | the financial software that you possess. |
| · Rise above emotions and loyalty. There will | | | | Many stock trading softwares use advance |
| be many volatile swings in the market. Your stock | | | | mathematical analysis on the stock market to |
| may rise or even fall. You need to review | | | | make predictions about the future of a particular |
| decisions on any new data and change reasons | | | | stock. These softwares are accurate in many |
| for holding the stock. | | | | instances. Yet real life can churn up possibilities |
| · Reevaluating your existing stock is also | | | | that can never be accounted into software. |
| essential. Review the reasons why you chose a | | | | Political and other situations affect stock and |
| particular stock. If those reasons are still valid | | | | hence mathematics can be futile at times. |
| then stick with it. | | | | |