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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Basics of Stocks PartII: What does Investing on Stocks mean?

By Mara Hernandez-Capili

Stocks are another form of investment that can make your money work for you or in other words, your money can grow in itself without you practically doing anything. More and more people are including stock trading on their investment portfolio along with their acquired assets. This article is written to provide you with the basics of investing on stocks.

What does investing on stocks mean and how is it different from investing your money in the bank? Investing on stocks is when you buy a share from a publicly listed company. This action will make you part-owner of that company and enjoy exclusive privileges such as voting rights. Your money will increase in percentage as the company enjoys higher profits at a given time. However, you may also lose a certain percentage or your money may have the possibility of not earning anything if the company suffers losses.

Investing in banks offers your money with maximum security but alongside this is your money may experience lower to no returns because of the taxes involved and market inflation rates. The argument is always on this presentation: banks to maximum security but lower to no returns, stocks to greater risks but higher percentage returns. It all boils down to the type of investor you are, whether you are open to risks or you are more comfortable knowing that your money is secured although you dont make it (your money) work for you.

Investing in stocks left some people think twice about it since you allow your investment to operate on involved risks. The greater returns you are aiming at for your investment, the higher the alleged risks involved. It is advisable to play it safe first especially if youre a beginner and practice on investing with a capital where you are most comfortable with.

Whether you have plans on investing in stocks now is the right time to do so when you are still young and have a lot of time to recover in case you lost. - 23229

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