newbie looking for any general or detailed advice from my peers or superiors

[YoungFund]

You understand you are talking to a bunch of traders about investing? You have to understand the difference between investing and trading.

In investing, you buy something that you believe will be worth more in the future, based on some analysis you do, and hold on until you think it is fully priced and/or the fundamentals have changed.

In trading you really don't care if the underlying will be worth more in the future, you buy based on some short term trigger and sell base on some other short term trigger and hope the outcome is profitable.

Investment is like watch grass grow. Us traders love action and don't have the patience to watch grass grow. So, we pull the grass out every day to look and put them back in.

Good luck.

sorry, but I disagree with that, trading is investing, sure there are different ways of doing it, whether that's with a portfolio of stocks and shares with dividends or with day trading. its all aspects of investment in the stock market.

 

[Windlesham1]

Hello all, I'm relatively new to trading. I'm currently doing a degree which a small part looks at personal investment. learned some interesting stuff in terms of theory so far, and looking forward to what comes next.

for all those already well-established investors, whats your little tips from your experiences over say the last few months, years etc.

any worthwhile forums I should know about other than this one?

any brokers to avoid?

any interesting articles or theories I should take a look at?


I'm open to any advice however generic or detailed lol!

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FYI the definition of an investment? A trade that went wrong

 

[ironchef]

sorry, but I disagree with that, trading is investing, sure there are different ways of doing it, whether that's with a portfolio of stocks and shares with dividends or with day trading. its all aspects of investment in the stock market.

No need to apologize, you are entitled to your view here.

For me trading is a "job" (my day job), so I trade with only one objective: To generate current income. A different mindset.

Good luck.

 

[murray t turtle]

sorry, but I disagree with that, trading is investing, sure there are different ways of doing it, whether that's with a portfolio of stocks and shares with dividends or with day trading. its all aspects of investment in the stock market.

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