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5 Things To Know About The Stock Market
By: Alan Korber
50% Of U.S. Households Invest In The Stock Market
Individuals invest in the stock market directly, through mutual funds, their
pension plans, profit sharing plans, 401k's, IRA's, etc.
Mutual Funds Dominate The Market
It is mainly the mutual funds, buying and selling, who move the market and cause
individual stocks to go up and down. Mutual funds are the 800-pound gorillas of
the stock market; at the end of 2003, mutual funds held more than $3 trillion
dollars worth of stocks.
The Dow Jones Average Is Not The Stock Market
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is comprised of only 30 selected stocks. In
reality, there are more than 7,000 different stocks listed on the 3 major U.S.
stock exchanges. That makes it quite possible that, in a given time frame, the
Dow Jones Average may be flat or down but many individual stocks may actually be
up.
Most Individual Investors Fail
Over time, most individual investors fail to achieve the stock market success
they would love to have. This is due to many factors, including lack of
knowledge, lack of time and effort, lack of a good strategy that works, and
emotional decision making.
Can You Beat The Market?
Investing in stocks can be a very rewarding experience, financially and
emotionally. If you do it right. With the right effort, the right knowledge, and
the right strategy, an individual investor can do extremely well in today's
stock market, and, as a result, realize a brighter and richer financial future.
About the Author:
Alan Korber is a private investor and the creator of the Korber Strategy, a
simple and easy stock market strategy that uses certain parameters to identify
stocks that have the highest potential return with the lowest acceptable risk.
As an individual investor he uses his own strategy and the stocks he buys
normally generate up to 50% or more annualized return. For more info go to
http://akorber.com |
