Misunderstanding About The Stock Market
The stock market is a fantastic place to grow your wealth over the long term. But there are a lot of misconceptions out there about how to profit from it and what the best way to approach it is. Here are just a few of those misconceptions out there for you to avoid.
1. You Need to Be a Super Genus to Trade Stocks
Most people believe that in order for you to be successful trading the stock market you have to have an IQ in the 160+ range. That isn't true, there is very little in this world that the average man cannot accomplish.
Anybody with a reasonable IQ can make money in the stock market. You do not have to be a genus, but rather you have to be determined to never give up until you accomplish your goals.
2. You Should Watch the News and Know Everything
Another common misconception is that if you want to be successful you need to watch the news and learn as much as you can about a company before you even consider buying it. This is simply not true, first of all it is impossible to know everything about a company.
Second there are a ton of misguided rumors about the company that are not true, but still may make it around as facts. So one one end of the spectrum you have people running around in circles trying to make sense of all these rumors that they have heard and on the other you have people who make money in the market while ignoring 99% of all news and rumors that come out.
Successful traders instead create their own system of rules and then follow it. This way they know that it works and do not have to analyses random data and rumors and try to make sense of it all.
3. Buy Stocks Low and Sell Them High
Buy low sell high is an interesting concept. But it does not classify what is low and what is high. It also fails to mention that stocks tend to trend. So, if a $50 stock drops to $40 it may be low, but it will probably continue to drop until some major event turns it around. It may not turn around until it is at $15. Everyone who bought at $40 would have to wait years before they can even break even, and that is if they do break even.
On the other hand if you can still make money if you buy a stock that is overpriced, provided it keeps going up and you sell it for more then you bought it.
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by: Shaun Rosenberg
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Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010
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