A
GUIDE TO EQUITY INVESTMENT
Is the stock market an avenue of investment?
Common
investors in the stock market routinely rely on tipsters and manipulators,
little realizing that an overwhelming majority of ‘experts’ are sadly innocent
of sound investment knowledge. Most
stockbrokerages flaunt ‘research’ departments that are of questionable value. Their raison
d’etre appears to be to make investors trade more and more, so that higher brokerages
are earned. Our view of stock market
investment is that in a boom, you do not need the advice of experts to make
money. Any trash you buy will
appreciate. In a recession, the advice
of the best experts will not prevent you from losing money.
Should
then, a self-respecting investor keep away from the stock market? The answer is an emphatic NO! The stock market is a legitimate avenue of
investment. Equity, real estate and your
own business are three avenues that have consistently beaten inflation and
genuinely enhanced wealth in the long run.
Business of course, is not for everyone.
But it would be difficult to find another avenue of investment that
offers better returns than stocks, to a sensible, patient and disciplined
investor.
