Mistake Newbie Investors Make That Loses Them Money March 6, 2018Featured, My MoneyOff

If you are trying to take control of your finances or attempt to lay down a nest egg for the future, you may be considering investing as a way of bringing in additional income. After all, we are always hearing of people that have improved their financial situation by getting in on certain deals early or investing in an asset that has matured over time. However, the stock market and investing, in general, isn’t an easy thing to wrap your head around, and there are in fact, many common mistakes that newbies in this field make that can cost them dearly. To help you avoid these check out our guide below.

They look for a fast return. A major mistake that a lot of newbies to the investor field make is they expect a high return to happen quickly. In some cases, if they are day trading, they want a profit overnight! However, as any experienced trader will tell you success in this filed with anything like a consistent basis takes a lot of guts, expertise, and effort.

In fact, the dream of getting rich quick by day trading is just that for many people that part with their money on this type of investment, with very few of them being able to sustain any profit over the long term. Yes, some also opt for the very similar style of swing trading where assets are held for a few days rather than traded within just one, but this has an equally steep learning and success curve.

Something that it is vital to recognize this before you begin any investment in this area. Otherwise, you can end up both seriously out of pocket and sorely disappointed with only losses to show for your efforts.

They don’t understand all the options. Anyone that has even briefly looked into investing in the stock market will know what a hugely complicated and volatile entity it is. In fact, not only do you have to have a good understanding of the math involved, but each different market works in a slightly different manner. This is something that means you need a good grasp on each area and how it works before you start to invest your money.

For example, did you know that commodity markets relate to physical items such as goal or cotton that businesses need that are traded on the futures market? What this means is that companies or traders can buy the promise to receive such goods at an agreed price, something that is valuable because it protects them against the costs of possible inflation. Something that could affect both the profit margin of their product and the price they can set for retail.

However, cryptocurrencies aren’t traded as futures but as foreign currency instead on the Forex market. Something that means you need a completely different understanding of a separate market to achieve any success. Remember it is the in-depth research, and knowledge of the minute of each market that can make all the difference here between success and failure.

They forget to diversify. Talking about different markets, too many newbies forget about this, focus only on one thing and end up putting all their eggs in one basket. The problem with this is that investments are usually associated with medium to high risk, and that means one bad dip in the market and all their money can disappear in a flash.

That is where diversification comes in, and it is something that professional fund managers advice to do all the time as they are aware of the volatility of the market.

Diversifying is all about splitting your investment options between different markets and different risks. Something that means if one market, in particular, suffers a catastrophic crash the rest of your money should, for the most part, still be safe in another one.

They bank on investment to solve all their money worries. Lastly, one of the biggest problems that newbie investors make is that they bank on their investments as being successful to solve all of their financial problems.

However, as you will have to risk loss or not have access to the money you invest for a number of years, Investment may not be the right way to solve your financial problems.

In fact, it is something that if not carefully and deliberately planned that can make them much worse. To this end, most people need to consider alternatives to investments first or view investment as just as small part of their long-term financial portfolio. Something that means before you fall over yourself to invest remember to check out other options as well. Ones such as liquidating your own personal assets, debt consolidations and side hustles to improve your financial situation in the short term.

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