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Beginners - Introduce yourselves!

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Hi everyone
I joined a couple of days ago after finding this site last week. Wish I had found it 9 months ago when I first started. I have found the information I have read in the last week so good. I did my first post today. Have not done the live chat yet. I love the breakout alerts.....as I was watching one of my holds the other day (FER) breaking out, there appeared a post almost instantaneously. Keep posting everyone. Keeps us all informed!
One question.....these break outs...sometimes they are on no news.....who drives this???
Cheers
 
Hi all,

I've been "lurking" on this site for a while too and finally decided to sign up. I've found many of the posts quite interesting and useful. Hopefully I'll be able to make a useful contribution every now and then too... :)


Cheers,

Hyperion
 
Hi everyone,
Im currently studying Finance/Banking at uni and have always been fascinated with financial markets,

Ive played plenty of simulation games over the last few years with share cafe, ASX, and currently 'trading matters' and i feel i have an o.k idea about the market, but of course am always learning more. Im wondering if anyone is making a decent living by independently investing as their sole income, as I would rather build wealth through investment than be productive for someone elses pocket, any thought's on this would be appreciated. :)
 
G'day all. I'm glad to have finaly found this forum since the only sites I visit are Aegis and my broking research site.

I'm a commerce student at uni.of melb, majoring in accounting and finance.

I also work at a financial management firm once a week


Cheers all and hope to post more.
 
Hi all,

I have been hovering over this site for a while ... Just observing and soaking in what I can ... I have admittedly taken up some of the tips and have made a few dollars :D.. So thanks for sharing .. Hopefully I will also be able to contribute in the not so distant future .. Happy trading ...
 
Hi ya all.
Came across this site yesterday and had to join. Mainly to post a comment. Then after reading quite a few posts found a weath of info. Great site.
Im self taught and read alot about the share market but have alot of gaps that need filling, so hopfully i can pick brains. In a nice way of course:)

Dean

Live long and prosper
 
G'day everyone

Found this site on a google search whilst looking for some stock info. Quite fascinated with the huge amount of info and knowledge available so joined up a couple of days ago.

I am a self-funded retiree so have no spare income to invest in the market so my portfolio was capped at retirement. My aim is to invest, sell at a profit, re-invest and not to pay any tax. My main method is to keep stocks for 12 months b4 selling and benefit from the 50% discounted cgt - it seems to be working well.

Stock picking is of major importance and I look forward to obtaining some interesting research from this forum.

Cheers
 
Hi Everyone,


I too found this site through a google search, and I am very glad I have. The depth of knowledge of posters is great, and as I am just starting uni, there is a great amount of knowledge I will be able to absorb from those more experienced at investing.

Have a good one.
 
Hi All,
Just started investing recently.Followed up a lot of advice from postings and was feeling quite smug until last week and now am back to scratch and in future will do more homework. A lot of the regular posters have been following some stocks for a long time with a few ups and downs on the way but they remain mostly positive. I have a few stocks like bow tex ady and cts which have paid off and the future prospects appear excellent so will hold these long term. I am semi retired and live in Crusader territory. I hope to get to the stage where I can give up working and just do trading and golf every day.
:)
 
I am a SAHM mother and a newbie into stock trading. I am joining this forum to gain some more knowledge into trading. Lets hope I succeed.
 
Welcome to all the newbies :D

There is a vast amount of resources available, and we suggest you have a play around with the sites search function, as many of you current questions may have been answered in the past.

The beginners lounge is also a great source of info, and feel free to ask any questions which you cannot find any help for.

Happy trading/investing :)
 
Hi Everyone,

I am very much interested in the pattern analysis, and I found that the stock market is a good place to do the pattern analysis. I hope to improve my ability on the pattern analysis.

This week, I am particularly happy because I predicted the rebounding of stock in another site on Sunday November 25, based on the closing price of Dow Jones in November 23 using my pattern analysis.

Since then, the Dow Jones is up from 12980.88 to 13,444.96, more than 450 points. Of course, I still have a lot to learn, because this time is simply by chance.

Have a great weekend

DreamSciTech:)
 
Hey everyone,
I've been lurking around for a little while now and figured it's about time I introduced myself. I started investing in about July and have had a nice run with the miners (especially IRM :D). I'm still a newbie and only in high school but I'm keen to learn from all the experienced and knowledgeable investors on here.

Cheers
 
Hello All

I'm a high school teacher of junior Science, English, Home Ec and Hospitality Practices (for chefs-to-be) 200km north of Brisbane.

I've been glued to my pc for a month now marking assignment drafts via email. I procrastinated one day (4 weeks ago) and googled for info on a stock and found ASF. Wow!

I've coordinated the Sharemarket Game in schools for 16 years now, after doing a Securities Institute of Aust course as I was intimidated by my broker and was not good at selling. I cashed in as my kids went off to Uni.

I renewed my interest in trading in July and it's been a lonely hobby as I know one person who trades and several who invest long term in blue chips so it's been a boon to choose specs and then check out opinions... and the wealth of knowledge so generously shared on here. Living in a country town, it is so good to be able to indulge my new passion for trading by eavesdropping on total strangers who appear such genuinely nice, sensible, talented, intelligent people!

My first trade was SDL which I bought at .48 and sold on the merger ann day for .81. This was great as I'd decided to target a 10% profit disposal MO, yet held on past it. But I sold! I've married a few stocks I should have taken profit on (many times) but I've also sold at my target price and wished I'd held on. It's hard to not look back when you've sold.

Developing an instinct will come. They say that the conscious mind is 15% of the brain and the 85% in the unconscious/subconscious is a wealth of computing data to be tapped. Developing gut feeling, based on preparation, is my goal. Trying to make sense of patterns and predict the beast is so exciting and the bonus is selling and being able to choose the next spec. I don't see trading as gambling. It's a gamble and there is a difference whether you're right or wrong in your choice. Every trade is a lesson to learn from.

In a week's time I can day-trade for six weeks! And when daylight saving ends I can come home for the last 30 minutes of bourse trading again!

Thanks for being such a great group!
Cheers!
 
Hi All,

I'm fairly new to investing in shares, started off by getting books from the Library, one of which I bought re Online Investing.
So the route I took was through ComSec.

I began with Blue Chips, for the long term, then added some Green chips, with the outlook for growth, & since added
some speculative stocks a couple of which are in line with the Green Revolution.

Have browsed this forum on a few occasions & found some very useful information, nice to be here.

Cheers,
Bruza.
 
Hey everyone,
20yr old in Perth studying medical imaging science at uni. Completely new here to the forum and investing/trading. Gained a lot of interest when my mum gave me Robert Kiyosaki's Rich dad Poor dad and would like to learn a lot more about investing/trading stocks and increasing personal wealth in general.

At the moment I have ZERO knowledge on money and how it works. The forums here look like a real good source of information, still cruising the beginners lounge here. What books books and parts of the forum that are good for a serious complete beginner? Any other sources of wealth that I should begin looking into/gaining knowledge about?

Thanks
 
Welcome once again to the new members, there is a huge resource available right here at your fingertips :) As we have said before, make sure you get a hang of the search function.


qwertyas said:
At the moment I have ZERO knowledge on money and how it works. The forums here look like a real good source of information, still cruising the beginners lounge here. What books books and parts of the forum that are good for a serious complete beginner? Any other sources of wealth that I should begin looking into/gaining knowledge about?

Thanks
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Qwerty,
good to see you taking an interest, feel free to ask questions and take your time ie - dont rush into things.

I think you you will find there are a lot of members your (our) age, all at various levels and with varying styles.

The way i look at it is by starting now by the time im middle age (i wont name a figure :p: so as not to upset other members) I will have a decent knowledge and hopefully be able to maybe trade/invest full time.
 
Hello everyone.
Just started a few months ago in this trading game.
Must say I have the bug and loving it.
Have lots to learn, but I like to keep the KISS principle. I borrowed $100k - made sure I could repay it, if I lost it, buy approx $60k-80k in a blue chip ONLY. Wait for it to go up 2-3% and sell. So far in three months, I have made 30% - $30k. It seems really easy, but everyone thats "been there, done that" tell me of horror stories - which I must admit, does worry me. Of course had I held onto them from the day one, that 30% would have been 80% now. Just like "you should have seen the fish that got away!!"

So far, things are soo volatile especially in the resources market, I make my profits there. Its great, I have just doubled my salary.
I now understand why people leave their jobs and start day trading.
This post probably sounds a bit too "happy" - believe me, I am cautious.

Anyway, no doubt you will be hearing from me - asking lots of (stupid) questions (sometimes).

cheers.
 

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