best way of learning stocks? looking to invest

[canadianhitman]

Fracking could lead to very bad environmental problems and there is a huge amount of Nat gas in the US, literally they can't store the stuff. Nat gas trucks??? That would get the price moving up. Commodities are the hardest to trade so I would stay away from them unless you trade short term and know what the Hell you are doing. Just saying....

Not investing in the commodity itself, those companies treat and store the wastewater that results form fracking; without having a plan for the treatment/disposal of the wastewater, you're not allowed to 'frack'...the producers NEED these companies. And now that they've proven they can also pull oil by fracking, not just gas, they are more in demand than ever.

 

[spongebob]

there's a lot of aspects to buying stocks(gambling).

for a newbie, your number one problem will be the psychological side to investing.

scenario: you're going to decide to buy a stock. within 10min it starts to fall. over the next few days it continues to fall.

your stomach feels really really bad.

you decide to sell, and the following week it shoots up lol.

you dont know what pain is till you've lost money in stocks.

start very very small in order to learn how you will react. very small. 5 or 10% of your capital.

dont get greedy, your too ignorant right now to get greedy. if you are in the green take the profit and move forward.

exk is making me a little money right now.

good luck!

 

[spongebob]

O yea and dont ever fall in love with a stock!

 

[AAP]

Hire plunkey off here to help you. He knows his stuff about this kind of thing.

 

[the.gladiator1987]

I know my stuff as well

 

[lartinos]

I agree with AAP that it seems like you need professional help if you want to go into stocks. I only got into when the market when it collapsed and took my money out as it began to go back up. This seems like a longterm decision where you would need a diversified portfolio. But, I am far from an expert even with the little bit of success I had when I was in this game.

 

[ceo]

I know my stuff as well

lmfao!

 

[samoth]

I agree with AAP that it seems like you need professional help if you want to go into stocks.

This is patently false. One doesn't need professional help unless 1) they don't want to do the work for themselves, or 2) they can't grasp simple math/accounting/econ.

(Okay, maybe that's a majority of people. But I'm, like, an optimist and stuff.)

 

[MassEffect]

I invest and the thing that works with me is investopedia, its a stock market simulator. It's free and not to mention fun.