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Trading: Basic Principles
Learning the basic principles of the stock
market can be a daunting task when not given the tools in order
to properly learn about the stock market. Once you
know about the vast amount of tools available to you, the lay investor,
and the less pressure you will feel as you embark on the stock
trading journey.
As an investor, you must analyze the essentials of investing
in stocks by examining the following questions that determine
the fundamentals of any given stock for a certain company.
- How much have other investors paid
for one stock?
- How much are investors likely to pay
for one stock in the future?
- What details will change the investors’
perspective about the stock?
Through proper inquiry of these questions, you, the investor,
will have the tools to make an educated decision about the
stock you are planning to purchase.
As
an investor, be prepared to rank the return expectations
on the stocks that you are planning to buy. For example, if
you are planning on buying three different stocks from three
different companies, you must estimate how much money you feel
that you would earn from each. After you have your estimation,
you need to determine if it is logical to purchase these stocks.
Pending that you will earn at least 20% more than you invested,
it is probably a good investment, therefore, you should consider
buying stock in that company.
Once you have efficiently
analyzed all of the stock options that interest you, it is time to choose the stocks that best
meet your needs for a secure financial future. This is most
easily done by keeping a running record of each stock that
you feel is a good, virtually risk-free investment. Then, when
you are ready to invest, you will have notes to compare in
order to decide what option is best for your situation at that
time.
Now that you have purchased some stocks that you feel will
help to advance your financial future, you need to learn about
stock trading. If you feel that your stock is not exactly producing
the return you had hoped for, then you may want to consider
trading in your stock. Stock trading is great because if you
purchase a stock that you are dissatisfied with, then you may
want to consider trading it for a stock that you will be more
satisfying to your financial needs. In order to simplify the
explanation of stock trading, it is simply trading in your
current stock for another stock that will produce a higher
return rate.
There
are two ways in which stock trading can occur. The first
method is on the exchange floor, which constitutes images of
movies and television portraying how the stock market works
with thousands of people rushing around and yelling in an environment
of total chaos. Although the chaos occurs, at the end of the
day, all trading options are worked out and the employees must
get ready for the next day. More simplistically, what takes
place is you want to buy 100 shares from Company X so your
broker, the person who makes your stock purchases for you,
sends your order to their floor clerk, the person that processes
your stock order, on Wall Street. The floor clerk communicates
with one of Company X's floor clerks to determine who would
like to sell 100 shares of Company X.
Once determined, Company X's floor clerk and the floor clerk
of the person wanting to sell 100 shares to you set a price
for the shares. This price is communicated back to your broker
who finally notifies you with the final price for 100 shares
of Company X. Once you tell your broker that the final price
is acceptable, the shares of Company X will be purchased and
you will receive confirmation in the mail in about two weeks.
The second method is much less complicated because it is done
electronically through computer systems which are much faster
as well as more efficient. The buyer must still obtain a broker
because the public does not have access to Wall Street's investment
programs, however, once purchased, the buyer usually receives
instant confirmation of bought shares via email and the transaction
is complete.
No matter how you intend to purchase shares of any particular
company, the most important task you, as an investor has, is
choosing the right stock that will fulfill your future financial
goals.
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