I apologize that it took me quite a long while to wrap up this series. Part 2 of Ten myths of stock market investing was made available last October 2021. It took me some time to come up with Part 3 ! The reason was not because it took me a while to figure out what the other four myths were. The reason was that I became so busy with my other roles, especially with regards to my responsibilities in the academe. Now that all of my deadlines are done, here are the next two myths of stock market investing. 7.)Stock market investing is risky In anything that we do in this world, we take a certain kind of risk. Day to day activities like simply crossing the street or trusting that the food you eat or the water you drink will not make you sick do require that we take some kind of acceptable risk. Well admittedly, there is a certain risk involved when investing in the stock market however the risk I am talking about is not the same kind of risk that most people think. If you … [Read more...]
Ten myths of stock market investing – Part 2
Last time in the “Ten myths of stock market investing – Part 1” I discussed the top three myths in stock market investing and cited that these reasons are probably why people don’t invest in the stock market. I have successfully debunked those myths, so we continue today with the next 3 myths. 4.) The stock market is manipulated This is my brother’s favorite excuse. I don’t blame him; the truth is that despite strict and tight regulations; there are still stock manipulations that had happened in history and in stock markets all over the world. However take note that if you study the stock manipulations that has happened in history, you will discover that these only refers to individual stocks and not the entire market. Also most of these stocks are stocks of company that seem to pop out of nowhere, had little or no history of being profitable and yet people bought them based on rumors. So even if there are stock manipulations that have happened this does not mean that the … [Read more...]
Ten myths of stock market investing – Part 1
Previously we learned about “Ten good reasons why I love investing in the stock market” By now, you must be very excited to start investing in the stock market. However before we go into the “how” of proper stock market investing, let’s take a look at the misconceptions or myths of stock market investing in order that you might truly have the right investing perspective. People have a lot of misconceptions about stock market investing. Most of the time because of these reasons they end up not investing in the stock market at all thereby missing a great opportunity to take advantage of probably the greatest money machine man has ever invented. Because of these reasons also, people miss some great market opportunities wherein prices are so cheap. These opportunities could only occur once every 3 to 5 years. Also, because of these misconceptions, people end up getting burned and end up vowing to themselves never to get involved in stock market investing. There are lots of myths and … [Read more...]
Ten good reasons why I love investing in the stock market – Part 3
For the last 2 post we have been talking about the first 6 reasons on why I love stock market investing. I am sharing these reasons so that you will learn to love it too. I believe that the stock market is the greatest wealth generating machine man has ever invented and with the advent of the internet and globalization, the great playing field of wealth building has been somewhat equalized. But its more than a wealth building machine as you have already read. The stock market offers more than generating wealth. Now we continue with the last four reasons. 7.) Investing in the stock market the proper way is more stress free and gives you more free time than most day jobs. When you hear the phrase “stock market investing” what comes to your mind? Well for most people, they picture geeky people staring on computer screens like zombies all day, trying to plot graphs and charts and it seems that they never get off the phone. The only channel they get to watch is either Bloomberg or … [Read more...]
Ten reasons why I love investing in the stock market – Part 1
My father is a businessman and a very good one indeed. When I was kid, I never imagined myself to be one. I was a free spirit, curious about the wonders and mysteries of that nature and this world has to offer. I had a lot of things that I wanted in life and I wanted to explore the wonderful world that God has created. I wanted to be an Indiana Jones, a Lara Croft (male version though) or somebody like “The Librarian.” When I grew up, I realize that there was a problem with all my childhood fantasies. All of what I wanted takes money. As I grew into adulthood, I realized that life was not what I saw in the movies or read about in novels. Real life is real people working hard to make ends meet. Real life is becoming a channel of blessing to other people. Real life is not about what I want; it’s about what God wants for me to do. I slowly took on the reigns of my family business and learned the art of making money. Then I discovered the Rule of 72 and the power of compounding … [Read more...]
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