| The world of the stock market can be an intimidating | | | | education is learning how it is that stocks are priced |
| place for inexperienced investors, who aren't used to | | | | and who decides whether the price of the stock will |
| the fast pace, the high risk, the complicated | | | | go up or down on any given day. It might surprise |
| terminology, or the misinformed experts who | | | | you to learn that the answer to both of these |
| constantly wave so-called hot stock picks in their | | | | questions is you, the trader. Investors themselves |
| face every hour of the day. If, as a new investor, | | | | are the only ones who can exert any pressure on |
| you're going to navigate these choppy waters with | | | | how it costs to own stock. If you decide that you |
| any degree of success, you're going to have to seek | | | | want to own a certain stock, you're going to have to |
| out a solid market education before your start | | | | look for someone is ready to sell it at the right price. |
| making decisions about where to invest your money. | | | | If the price sounds good to both parties, the trade is |
| It's always a good idea to start with the basic | | | | complete until you turn around and make the same |
| processes and terminology of the market so that | | | | move again, hopefully for a profit. |
| you can move on to developing a strategy that's | | | | Another thing that your stock market education |
| worthy of your money. | | | | should impress upon you is that the stock market |
| When seeking out a solid stock market education, | | | | never stops moving up and down in price, even |
| the first thing you should look for is a clear | | | | though things might appear to be calm for the time |
| delineation of what the stock market is, and is not. | | | | being. There are actually four phases of market |
| Many people have no idea that the market is over | | | | movement, called accumulation, mark up, distribution |
| two hundred years old, or that the purpose of | | | | and mark down, and the more you can learn about |
| putting a company's stock up for sale on the market | | | | identifying and utilizing these phases to your benefit, |
| is the same today as it was then: to quickly gather | | | | the faster you'll develop the skills you need to time |
| up revenue that they don't have to pay back. | | | | your trades correctly and build up a strong portfolio. |
| Another important element of any stock market | | | | |