Every quoted company started as a limited liability company under the watch or the direction of individuals or groups of individuals.
These individuals, or groups of individuals develop a concept and nurture it to maturity before inviting others to partake in what the company has acquired over a period of time, in the form of assets, goodwill, liabilities etc.
The proportion of that asset and the goodwill are what you own when you but shares.
Shares can therefore be describe or defined as "a part or the portion of a larger amount, which is divided among by a number of people".
Investing in share or stocks means sharing a portion of the wealth that has been accumulated for a long period of time and your investment will still continue thereafter.
When you buy share, aside from the physical assets, liabilities and good will, you are also investing in shared ideas and wealth of experience.
When you lose money, always remember that it is also shared.
What is shared is better than and last longer.
So, Shares is good.
Invest in it.
STRATEGIES FOR INVESTING IN SHARES Just like every game has a set of rules which must be adhere to, so also is the Share market.
For instance, in the game of soccer(football) only two (2) out of the twenty two (22) men are allowed to handle the ball with their hand, and that is the goal keeper.
Any other person that kick the ball with his hand commits a foal which is an offence of the game.
In the same vein, Shares requires a measure of strategies or game plan, which must be backed up by determination to succeed.
START WITH FREE FUND; DON'T BORROW AS A BEGINNER Since you are venturing into an unfamiliar business area, it is better to invest with your free fund.
Free fund is the money that is available to be spent as one wishes, after necessary deductions from basic needs.
Funds that are meant for any important use should not be invested.
That suggest that you start as convenient or start small, depending on your income.
If this is done, you will find out that learning to invest and building a winning strategy becomes easy and convenient.
Investment is best and sweetest when you make decisions on your own.
INVEST ON LONG TERM The profitability in equity investment is possible in the short-term if only you know and have the experience.
The reason for starting investment with free fund is to allow you to leave such funds invested for long-term.
Short-term profit generation in the Share market is not a business for beginners or season comers.
There are periods stockbrokers records big losses; it takes a large heart to invest in a short-term market because there are times stocks cannot be sold at the purchased price and have to be sold at loss.
If you keep your money for long term, combine with other factors, you are a winning investor.
YOUR CHOICE OF EQUITY The shares or stock market is an open environment for profitability.
The question is, how do you select profitable equities from a list of more a hundred or a thousand equities? That is why you need an initial counselling but emphatically, any selection guide that does not recommend defensive stock to you as a starter is erroneous.
Investing in defensive stock would keep your funds intact and generate dividend income why learning to test growth stock where profitability could be more enhanced.