The main thing in the stock market is learning how to do real research. I guess at least 70% of retail investors (“amateurs” like) limit their research to the tips found all over the market by those claiming to have predicted the last crash or bull market, if they do any research at all and lose. It’s not that hard but necessary to understand a company’s Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow and some of the terminology found there. If you’re not willing to do that research, stay away because you’re just food for the big fish.
For me, dividend stocks, REITs & BDC’s (Real Estate Development Trusts & Business Development Corporations) have worked for me. There’s not a lot to it. They pay 90% or their profits to dividends in return for tax breaks. If you can find a solid one of these companies, the strategy is buy and hold, not for capitol gains, but for the dividends.
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