The company I work for have offered me, 1,500 options(not sure how these work?) , or a few k a year pay rise, I know the company is being packaged ready for sale next year for arorund 60-100MM but ...
Since 02/27 I lost over $2000..I invested in Fidelity mutual funds: FSDAX ,FDVLX,FDCAX,FSLVX and TSVOX
I don't know what to do..should I sell my mutual funds or wait??...
If you had $200k to invest, what would you do with it? would you hire a financial advisor or do your own research to buy stocks/funds/real estate etc. Is it worth to hire a financial advisor for this ...
i am playing a stock market game for econ and it goes along with the real stock market and i want to know the sleepers that can earn alot of money. also if there is a websites that has good potential ...
What is really odd is that the world has seven times as much refined gold as silver, yet silver is still cheap compared to gold and the silver supply is dwindling because of modern industry in ...
Not all beginners do loose money. And even the pros sometimes do loose money. Investing is not a sure thing. The future is uncertain and every investment is subject to both ups and downs.
As one responder mentioned, not having an exit strategy is one reason beginners loose money. They buy a stock and begins to go down. They keep thinking it will recover so they don't sell it, but it keeps dropping. That even happens to the pros.
Another reason it that beginners tend to want to qet rich quit, so they invest in very speculative stocks hoping to make a killing. Gold mining stocks are a good example. I would be willing to bet that billions have been lost on gold mining stocks.
A 3rd reason is that beginners tend to jump in at the top of the market. They hear on the news how the market is hitting a new high and how so and so stock has gone up 10 fold, and they think why not me. So they start investing just as the market has topped out. That is what happened in 1999. Stocks were grossly overpriced but newbies kept jumping into the market. Jumping in with booth feet. They got wiped out.
TC
So the pros can make money.
Common Sense
They go into a stock from a "tip". Usually a "Penny Stock"
They don't completely understand what they're buying (sell too early from lack of understanding, etc).
They don't have a clear "Asset Allocation" model based on their goals and risk tolerance.
They're gambling.
They don't understand the market or stocks.
They don't understand the idea of "Getting Rich Slowly".
They haven't read books on Investing. They get they're ideas from TV or radio. They're too lazy to read a couple of books on investing.
They think it's easy! (It's really not hard, but learning is the key!!!!!!)
OneRunningMan
Because they pick stocks that decline in value!
subbu
Sheer lack of experience. Time of entry and exit is more important in stock market. Beginners fail to time it.
fwferris
It's like gambling where after you make your wagers you need to know when to get out. Most losers are looking for the "get rich quick scheme" or scenerio which will never work in the market and never works at poker.
jduck1979
Because they didn't do their research properly before sticking their money on the stock in question... e.g. doing so because it's their favourite store, or their favourite brand of beer.... or sponsor their favourite sports team, etc and did so without looking at the stock forecasts at places like fool.com and / or checking company news stories, etc.
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