Trading is transformed into a simple phenomenon due to technology associated with paper stock ticker development and communication networks. The stock transaction activities conducted in a brokerage office several years ago was hard to access for every interested person. Fortunately, with advanced technology, anyone interested in trading can access price quotes instantly or perform instant analysis or take a position and earn profits has become easy.
In general, ‘trade investing’ means buying or selling underlying security. However, John Keynes in his book has distinguished between speculation and investment. The former offers an idea of the investor’s psychology and its impact on stock prices. The former offers a prediction of a specific company’s profits.
Benjamin Graham is regarded as a father of security analysis. He agreed with Keynes’s writing, but in his book ‘Intelligent Investor’ he recognized speculators’ role. He felt that speculation can be unintelligent in several ways. There are apparent differences in goals and philosophies, but successful experts [investors, traders, and speculators] need to share the common traits.
- Intelligence – Can collect and analyze conflicting or diverse data needed to make positive decisions.
- Confidence – To be successful in the stock market often needs to take a contradictory position than the majority of views.
- Humility – Losses are inevitable even if you are prepared committedly. The essential part is to know the time to retreat during inevitable happenings.
- Effort – For intelligent speculation, a lot of effort is needed in identifying and defining the price patterns. Market trends need consistent diligence. A successful trader needs hours of research along with a passion to learn, practice, and hone their skills.
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Simple stock market strategies
Source: moneysense
Everyone has a retirement plan [401k], but is always on a lookout to increase their investment. New traders can open a trading account with StrategyStocks.co.uk to start trading.
- A DIY investor will need to open a Roth IRA account with an online brokerage firm. The 401(k) is an employer-sponsored plan, but you can invest it in the stock market. The Roth or traditional IRA offers tax benefits. A $6000 per year can get contributed to a combination or either of these IRA accounts.
- If funds are withdrawn before you turn 59 ½ years, you will be liable for tax ramifications and penalties. You are not allowed to withdraw full earnings or contributions for a minimum of 5 years. Therefore, only invest the amount you will not need within five years.
- Keep costs low and build a balanced portfolio. Rather than staking on shares of a single company pool stocks from several firms to offset the inevitable loss.
- Instead of an active investing approach, harness passive management strategies for better financial performance. It is seen that actively managed funds grow less than 4%, but passively managed income increases by 10% in a year.
- Your portfolio must have active stock trades of only 10% because they underperform passive strategies.
- According to trade experts, make new investments regularly. A successful investment is not about timing but allowing your investment portfolio time to grow. Slow and steady wins the race even in the stock market.
Major stock value investing strategies
Source: kiplinger
Experienced investors, professional financial managers, or institutions prefer to choose individual stocks and create a portfolio based on an individual firm’s analysis. Several DIY investors own low-cost stocks, which consist of mostly diversified index funds, reinvesting dividends, and dollar-cost averaging. So, Benjamin Graham identified some common stock value investing strategies for DIY investors, which could bring better than average wins.
1. General trading strategy
It involves speculating the market moves on a whole, as revealed in familiar averages. General trading is in sync with dollar-cost averaging that involves spreading your investment purchases. It helps to reduce the market volatility impact. It even ensures that a lump sum amount is not spent in a stock whose price is irrationally high.
2. Selective trading strategy
In this strategy, the trader has to pick stocks that will perform better in a year. In theory, it seems easy, but practically the trader has to put in a lot of effort. There are several factors like pending government policy changes or market fluctuations to consider for making an informed decision. For example, Ravel Company got a patent approved recently, so it is in a better position to flourish for the short term in the market because of its new competitive edge.
Source: economictimes
3. Buying low and selling high strategy
Investors are notoriously irrational. Several traders buy when prices are moving up and sell when they find prices dropping. However, a value investor will take a contradictory approach. He enters and buys security when the price is low, and when prices move high, he sells. Value investors are familiar with the significance of long-term growth and intrinsic value. Thus, they avoid pitfalls associated with the changing price of the stock.
4. Long-pull selection strategy
In this strategy, the traders choose companies that will flourish over the year more than an average firm. Such companies are called growth stocks. Generally, these are new startup companies with lots of space to grow and expand their business activities and model.
Source: economictimes
5. Bargain purchase strategy
Traders select shares with considerable low value, which is measurable. The common technique that is used to measure the overvaluation or undervaluation of a stock is its P/E ratio or price-to-earnings ratio.
P/E ratio = Company’s share price/company’s earnings per share or EPS
EPS = Company’s profit/company’s outstanding shares
For example, Rexon made $1 million in profits with 100,000 shares.
EPS = $1, 000, 000/ $100, 000 = $10
If the share price is $30 then P/E ratio is 3.
For a better stock value perspective, then compare the P/E ratio with similar companies in the niche. Never compare an Agricultural Firm’s EPS with Technology Company’s EPS.
The stock market revenue can be indefinable, especially in the short term. Therefore, traders looking forward to increasing their profit without undue risk consistently search for an ideal strategy to guide them. Until now there is no full-proof trading strategy developed, but every expert gives the same advice. Behave rationally, use data and facts to support your trade activities, and strive constantly to decrease the risk. Investors need to make their own decision to determine their success levels.
