Comments on: Stock Market Investing Mistakes Part 1

By: John Ali

John Ali — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 06:23:38 +0000

I love to invest on the stock market but it is really risky these days.

By: Edward Young

Edward Young — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 17:05:04 +0000

It is good to invest in the stock market but you must be very careful and not speculate on rising stocks.

By: Elly

Elly — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:19:13 +0000

I think this is sound advice you are giving here. We must investigate the market as a whole in order to get an overall picture of what is happening in the macrocosm and microcosm.

What the company is doing towards its own growth and how it is adapting to market trends is something I always look at when I read a company’s news reports. It is amazing what can go on inside a company, even personal events of some of the executives can make a stock price fall. It can be that seemingly insignificant but has a major impact.

By: Jazz Salinger

Jazz Salinger — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:49:17 +0000

Hi Sean,

I often see in the news that the stock market is up or down depending what has happened around the world that day. It seems to me that you need a balance when you’re doing your research.

You need to look at what has happened historically with the company’s stock, consider where it’s going to go and evaluate what the market itself is doing. I don’t know but that’s a beginner’s perspective.

By: Peter Damien Ryan

Peter Damien Ryan — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 04:07:11 +0000

I suppose that if quantative analysis was all that was needed, people wouldn’t lose – unless their maths were wrong.

This analysis cannot take into account the’ emotional’ aspects that affect stocks – BP is a good example at the moment – stocks well down because of the reaction to their oil spill and the way they have handled it.

Also, events like fears that the economic recovery may not be as strong as first thought – or Greece’s troubles having an impact on the market.