Best Investment Books for Beginners

  Here are our top 3 recommendations for investing books for beginners!   The first one we would recommend that is really easy to understand for the beginner investor is: One Up on Wall Street By Peter Lynch He is one of the most famous fund managers returning an average of 29.2% per annum at …

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Lessons from A Tweet that Wiped out $1.3B Off SnapChat’s Market Value

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw that Snapchat lost more than 7% just because of a single tweet! I quote from Bloomberg (just in case you think we are fake news, we aren't): "on the heels of a tweet from Kylie Jenner, who said that she doesn't open the app anymore." sooo does …

3 Announcements Investors have to Look Out For

Non-Farm Payroll (Unemployment Data) The Non-Farm Payroll announcement is the release of employment data that is not related to farm jobs or private household employees or non-profit organisations. This accounts for approximately 80% of the workers that produce the entire GDP of the United States. This, of course, is one of the most influential statistics …

Are you a Trader or Investor?

This article was written in partnership with ShareInvestor, a financial internet media & technology company that owns one of the largest investor relations network in Asia. Trading vs Investing People often confuse trading and investing; many use them interchangeably. However, these 2 ways of making money in the market are actually very different. Whether you’re more …

5 Mistakes Beginner Investors Make

#1: The share price has been going up, it's definitely a good stock to buy.   This statement is probably the worst out of all rookie errors to be made. Movements in the share price do not tell you anything. (Unless of course you are using other technical indicators, but let's not go into that) …

Invest using SWOT and Porter’s 5 Forces

Fundamental analysis of a stock is incomplete without some sort of qualitative analysis.  A lot of people (who like stocks but don’t know much about security analysis) base their decisions off some sort of qualitative analysis. Most people actually do this subconsciously.  For example, if someone is thinking of buying Singtel their thought process would …

Cigar Butt Investing Decoded

If the company goes bankrupt, you win. If it recovers, you win. Investing in Net Net Stocks is a win-win investment strategy and it's surprisingly simple! Warren Buffett calls these “cigarette butt stocks” and used this strategy when he was younger and when the size of his capital still allowed him to invest in smaller …

Facing Your Losses

Red. You've bought a stock you thought will do well and now you're five, ten, maybe even twenty percent down. You look and your portfolio and think to yourself. Shit... what do I do? You're faced with 3 choices. Cut your loss, average down or just hold the stock and pray that it recovers. Let …

Investing in Companies with Economic Moats can give you an Edge

One of Warren Buffett’s investment rules is to only invest in companies with an economic moat. So what exactly is an economic moat? “In business, I look for economic castles protected by unbreachable ‘moats’.” - Warren Buffett Simply put, the metaphoric “castles” are companies and the moats around those castles are special qualities that they …

CapitalistLAD Guide to Share Dilution

Have you ever owned a stock that has had their shares diluted? Or looked at the news and wondered what share dilution is and its impact on the value of your investment? Most of the time, individuals seem to perceive share dilution as a negative thing. However, you may be surprised that this is not …