Wednesday, 17 August 2011

How To Have A Successful Investment

By Amanda Kirby


Knowledge, time and commitment, discipline and patience, and the ability to develop an investment strategy that is compatible with your personality are what successful investing requires.

Knowledge

Knowledge one of the things each individual must consider when they are planning an investment strategy. Included as important factors are recognizing your current level of knowledge as well as how you will acquire the additional wisdom you need.

The importance of time and commitment

When it comes to monitoring your portfolio, how much time are you willing to spend? This is a critical question. An individual's investment plan should be based on his level of interest in ensuring personal financial success. The more diversified a portfolio is, and the more complex your strategy, the more time you will need. To be successful, an investor mush map out a strategy that carefully matches his own personality and level of commitment.

The importance of discipline

Although many investors start with an approach that will work for them, the ability to maintain discipline eludes far too many people. A variety of psychological issues caused this that is led by greed and fear and tend to dominate predetermined financial strategies. During various stages of a stock market, different investment styles will work better than others. A value approach will be in favor sometimes. To accommodate the market, there are times when there is a growth or momentum style.

Patience

Patience is the last trait for successful investing. If you are not patient, then your returns will be limited. Warren Buffett reminds us that it takes nine months for a woman to deliver a baby. Investments usually take more time to work out than most people consider. Managing a portfolio should be simple once you have planned an investment strategy that will complement your personality. Your challenge would be to try and remain disciplined and follow the game.

An investor will be less inclined to lose patience in well researched ideas if he establishes varying time frames for holding different types of securities. Also assisting the investor from "holding too long" while creating large losses as well as watching his momentum fall out of favor is this type of analysis.




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