Beginners - Introduce yourselves!

[michael_t_f]

Hi, I am 26 looking at getting into shares been watching things and lurking on different sites for about a year, bought a house at 19 when they were throwing loans at us sold up in 2004 as I could see we were at an unsustainable high, now live on the Gold Coast.
Any advice will be taken on board.thankyou.

 

[seddy]

Hi All,

New to trading. Hope to learn from all the experienced traders out there... and share success/disaster stories in the process

 

[inenigma]

Hi,

Yada Yada Yada
Blah Blah Blah

Oh Sh*t, that didn't work either !!!!

 

[Tatts]

Hi everyone,
new to trading and am just looking for any advise i can pick up from the site.
Thanks,
Tatts

 

[Vizion]

Hi been lurking and learning for a while now and decided to join the party
Enjoyed all i have read so far especially the "houses prices to fall for years" posts :jump:

 

[GumbyLearner]

Hello I joined a long time ago but havent posted for a while. Im still learning and I hope I can make some long term investments for rewards in the future.
I am primarily interested in soft/hard commodities, biotechs and media stocks.

I know there are plenty of wise ASF members who may help point me in the right direction.

Great site BTW

 

[Lammii]

hey everyone!
i'm 22 and just graduated electrical engineering.
after doing an investment algorithm as my undergrad thesis i've gotten really interested in the markets, but never traded yet.
so here i am to learn and one day contribute!

 

[tab96]

Hi Guys,

Just getting started in investing in stocks. Havn't yet invested but have the cash ready to go, as soon as I can get an solid outlook of the prospects from here on out.

Hope to be informed by your posts and hope your informed by mine.

Cheers,
Tim.

 

[Illuminated one]

Hello all, I'm just starting out( At the worst possible financial outlook), And I am very keen to learn how to be successful in the stock market, I have been in business for a while but never really had much interest in trading until a good friend of mine, who works for Joseph Palmer & Sons Stockbrokers (Est 1872) sparked my interest.

I hope to learn as much as i can from these forums and apply them to my trade, first i will do some dummy runs and see how i go, one thing is that i HATE gambling, but maybe there is some good solid stocks i can play around with.

Cheers

 

[Asparagus]

Here's a repeat of the past billion messages.
New to the site.
Started trading a couple months back.
Think i'll keep it long term. Not sure yet.
Blah-dy blah blah.

 

[mumsasscat]

hi all . obviously new since i'm on this thread. am getting on over the hill now but enjoying the empty nest as it were. so time for new interests to spark up (and time for my hard earnt bikkies to do something for me instead of the diddly squats ). hence learning about the stock market and seriously thinking of having a dabble or two or thirty . to date have read a few books, been checking out some analysts blurb and ratings, looking at a heap of price charts, got myself a trading account and had a read of some of the threads on this site. so thinking i'm off to a good start without having actually done anything yet as i still have too many questions will post some!!

 

[IFocus]

Hi guys welcome to ASF and to the markets.

I am always impressed with the young guys who come onto this forum and just ask focused quality questions.

There are plenty of very good traders here at various levels that will more than help you.

Not that its important for the quality but keep asking questions it will speed things up, making person negative comments or observations will slow things down.

If I can suggest that you treat it as a long term project before committing money testing to death any ideas or methods. If you cannot paper trade to profit through testing then your results will be far worst in real life.

Markets can become an obsession, if you are young don't miss out on life in your youth you only get one shot at it where as the market will always be there providing limitless opportunities.

Good luck and good trading

 

[atrix]

Hey Traders,

Just beginning to scratch the surface of this trading business. A mate from work sparked my interest and now we always tend to drift into market conversation during the day! I'm 20yo and i've recently moved back home, so my expenses will definitely be decreasing. I decided now would be a good time to get into the market so i've opened a trading account and purchased a small amount of CVN (Carnarvon Petroleum) shares.

Doing some research into CVN, which is sounding good, i stumbled upon this site. I look forward to learning a lot more and hopefully being able to contribute in the future!

 

[Chomp]

Hi Everyone,

I'm new to the stock market, I dont hold any shares at the moment but looking to go into LIC'S maybe next year (once the volatility has calmed down a bit) so I can learn a bit more before I do anything really stupid.

Could anyone tell me if there are lics that specialize in the biotech sector?

Regards
Chomp

 

[zekebe]

Hello to everyone on the forums.

Have been thinking about getting into stock trading for some time now and recently met someone who has sparked my interest enough to start actively following the markets. They pointed me to these forums as a good place to ask questions and learn a few things, so here I am, hope to be around for a while yet.

 

[It's Snake Pliskin]

Hello to everyone on the forums.

Have been thinking about getting into stock trading for some time now and recently met someone who has sparked my interest enough to start actively following the markets. They pointed me to these forums as a good place to ask questions and learn a few things, so here I am, hope to be around for a while yet.

Hello Zekebe,

Spend the next few years reading and learning from mentors etc.

 

[awg]

Hi Everyone,

I'm new to the stock market, I dont hold any shares at the moment but looking to go into LIC'S maybe next year (once the volatility has calmed down a bit) so I can learn a bit more before I do anything really stupid.

Could anyone tell me if there are lics that specialize in the biotech sector?

Regards
Chomp

Hi,

Dont know of any that specialise in bio, but there is a listing of all LICs on ASX website, so u can research from there

 

[Chomp]

Hi,

Dont know of any that specialise in bio, but there is a listing of all LICs on ASX website, so u can research from there

Thanks awg I will have a look.

 

[Amungee]

Hi,

21 years old, been lurking around this forum for over a year, decided to get involved. Pretty much an amatuer- small portfolio- looking to learn from the masters of the forum

cheers

 

[dejayajay]

First and foremost - keep a 30+ years chart beside you, so that you can really truly see whether the market is over or undervalued. (Try Commsec> Indexes> XAO> All Data).

If the market is overvalued, as it was since early 2007, every trade is a risky one, and you can, hopefully, have a defensive strategy to suit in place.

With the benefit of hindsight (how marvellous!), I would not have spent my time focussing on company profiles as if that was all that mattered.

I have, belatedly, realised that most of the professional advisors:

1/ focus on, and present, charts going back only between 1 and 10 years,
2/ are not old enough to have experienced the share price calamity of '87.

Good luck to all - hopefully I will have learned from my mistakes next time round.