Comments on: Beginning Investing From Scratch http://onehourinvesting.com/beginning-investing-from-scratch/ Investments, Investing and How To Invest Tue, 18 Jan 2011 07:41:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Green Investing Now http://onehourinvesting.com/beginning-investing-from-scratch/comment-page-1/#comment-444 Green Investing Now Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:33:35 +0000 http://onehourinvesting.com/?p=20#comment-444 My advice for the beginner would be: 1) no day trading 2) don't speculate 3) invest in long term 4) start with ETFs My advice for the beginner would be:
1) no day trading
2) don’t speculate
3) invest in long term
4) start with ETFs

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]]> By: admin http://onehourinvesting.com/beginning-investing-from-scratch/comment-page-1/#comment-7 admin Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:05:56 +0000 http://onehourinvesting.com/?p=20#comment-7 <a href="#comment-6" rel="nofollow">@Dan Heil</a> Thank you for your comments about using IBD as a beginning investing tool. I'll probably surprise you in the fact that for the most part I agree with your reasons completely. I think that it can be argued that none of the mainstream choices for financial news is really appropriate for the person just beginning an investment program and many times for those with investment experience as well. Given a choice between USAToday, Wall Street Journal, Barrons, Money magazine and IBD to name a few, I prefer IBD. Don't even get me started with the cable news channels. The main reasons that I prefer IBD is because it teaches an investor to first look at earnings and growth rates as well as that it teaches that market fluctuations are a result of the current supply and demand for the stock created mainly by institutional investors. The more people (institutions) buying, the higher the price. The less people buying, the lower the price. In addition, I prefer the way that the market information is laid out in the IBD over the others. Primarily because the underlying fundamentals are also incorporated into the stock charts. I do agree with you, that a beginning investor doesn't need IBD because it also tackles technical analysis and would have probably been better placed in another blog post better suited to a discussion of it's use. @Dan Heil
Thank you for your comments about using IBD as a beginning investing tool. I’ll probably surprise you in the fact that for the most part I agree with your reasons completely.

I think that it can be argued that none of the mainstream choices for financial news is really appropriate for the person just beginning an investment program and many times for those with investment experience as well.

Given a choice between USAToday, Wall Street Journal, Barrons, Money magazine and IBD to name a few, I prefer IBD. Don’t even get me started with the cable news channels.

The main reasons that I prefer IBD is because it teaches an investor to first look at earnings and growth rates as well as that it teaches that market fluctuations are a result of the current supply and demand for the stock created mainly by institutional investors. The more people (institutions) buying, the higher the price. The less people buying, the lower the price.

In addition, I prefer the way that the market information is laid out in the IBD over the others. Primarily because the underlying fundamentals are also incorporated into the stock charts.

I do agree with you, that a beginning investor doesn’t need IBD because it also tackles technical analysis and would have probably been better placed in another blog post better suited to a discussion of it’s use.

]]> By: Dan Heil http://onehourinvesting.com/beginning-investing-from-scratch/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Dan Heil Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:05:00 +0000 http://onehourinvesting.com/?p=20#comment-6 I completely 100% disagree with the statement on investors business daily for multiple reasons. Reason #1 IBD focuses on mainly growth companies, with a small mix of value companies, and all of the articles that are published in the newspaper are about fundamentally sound companies, that are approaching an entry point for a short to mid term investment. If you are beginning investing, knowing that a company is fundamentally sound, and has a buy point of $14.something will do you no good whatsoever if you do not have a sound understanding of how the stock market works Reason #2 The only thing that IBD has for the beginning invetor to understand, and coax them into buying the newspaper are those everflowing upward charts, which I will admit those things can be quite appealing, cause we all know there is nothing like buying a stock and watching it just keep on riding that wave, but however if you are a beginner, and blindly investing in stocks with buy points approaching in IBD, you will have no idea what to do, if there is a market correction after a purchase, as well as what economic and other news drives these movements. Reason #3 This can be argued by some as there is a big difference investors who use technical analysis and those who use fundamental analysis, but I think even the beginning investor would blindly agree that even those upward flowing waves of updates from the NYSE can sink down, and cause a tsunami if the company is not financially sound. I think it would be better advice to teach someone learning about investing fundamentals, and let them graduate to the technical analysis of stocks if they are so interested. I speak from experience when I say that IBD is very good at making you think that you know whats going on. I completely 100% disagree with the statement on investors business daily for multiple reasons.
Reason #1 IBD focuses on mainly growth companies, with a small mix of value companies, and all of the articles that are published in the newspaper are about fundamentally sound companies, that are approaching an entry point for a short to mid term investment. If you are beginning investing, knowing that a company is fundamentally sound, and has a buy point of $14.something will do you no good whatsoever if you do not have a sound understanding of how the stock market works
Reason #2 The only thing that IBD has for the beginning invetor to understand, and coax them into buying the newspaper are those everflowing upward charts, which I will admit those things can be quite appealing, cause we all know there is nothing like buying a stock and watching it just keep on riding that wave, but however if you are a beginner, and blindly investing in stocks with buy points approaching in IBD, you will have no idea what to do, if there is a market correction after a purchase, as well as what economic and other news drives these movements.
Reason #3 This can be argued by some as there is a big difference investors who use technical analysis and those who use fundamental analysis, but I think even the beginning investor would blindly agree that even those upward flowing waves of updates from the NYSE can sink down, and cause a tsunami if the company is not financially sound. I think it would be better advice to teach someone learning about investing fundamentals, and let them graduate to the technical analysis of stocks if they are so interested.
I speak from experience when I say that IBD is very good at making you think that you know whats going on.

]]> By: Allen Taylor http://onehourinvesting.com/beginning-investing-from-scratch/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Allen Taylor Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:30:19 +0000 http://onehourinvesting.com/?p=20#comment-2 Nice writing. You are on my RSS reader now so I can read more from you down the road. Allen Taylor Nice writing. You are on my RSS reader now so I can read more from you down the road.

Allen Taylor

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