FreidAsylum

Forgive my ignorance but very little of this makes any sense to me. Could you dumb it down a little? Or point me in the best direction to get a grip on it?

I'd planned on trading but it's still early days yet. I'm trying different things and trying to figure out what's going to be the best option for me. I'm still very much a big ball of clay

Fantastic. Thanks guys, I really appreciate the input.

Hi all, I've recently started researching an entry in to the stock market and I have a few Q's. Of all the stuff I've read, I've found William O'Neill's "How to make money in stocks" the most helpful. Are there any others you would highly recommend a rookie like myself to read? I've started to use a stock simulator and plan to for a good while yet. Leaving the market as a whole aside for the moment, I'm choosing stocks based on EPS growth of around 20% or higher from the same quarter last year, steady growth over the last five years, good institutional sponsorship, management ownership - where I can find it, how the group is doing as a whole and if the stock in question is one of the leaders. I made some terrible choices at the start but I'm finding I'm getting better as time goes on - like with most things, I guess. I'm hoping you can tell me if you think this a good beginning to build on as I learn more about investing? Is there any advice you can give me that may give me a little boost during these early days? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.