Hi Guys,

Thanx alot for the encouraging feedback that you've given me. I am already feeling like i ought to have discovered this Stocks Forum ages ago..

I am not very green with "other non-stocks" investments and i have the basic foundation of doing business; i still trust my radar for sniffing a good shilling and i have started feeling the fire in my belly.

I have already opened a CDS account and deposited some quid today. I have read old posts here and a lot of print materials allover.My palms are sweating and i am eager to place my bet now after considering my objectives.

1. Long-term - 4yrs & Over -



2. Medium Term - Btwn 2yrs and 4 yrs-



3. Short-term - Btwn 1 yr and 2 yrs-



4. Rapid response - speculative/trading/During the year-




Guys, does this sound sensible so far ?

WHY THESE?

My opinion is that you are considering too many counters...

... you will not be able to keep up with all of them...

... you won't make much money if you spread it so thinly...

... if you just want to save its ok to diversify...

... but in that case, its better to get into Unit Trusts...

@ Genghis Khan

I get you..avoid spreading thin is a good point but also depending on how much booty you are looking at.

I may not necessarily take up all the counters but these are the tentative counters i am training my eyes on to start with.

I am taking the plunge with KCB 1st, once it touches lowest 20's

j-wamagari

Start here. Just a few pointers.

Advertisement: A tool used by business to get money out of people that don't have it, for something that they don't need.

Alimony: Two person mistake paid by one.

Auditor: Person that arrives after battle to finish off the wounded.

Bank: A place that will lend you money (and an umbrella insurance plan) only when you don't need it.

Bear Market: Eight months when the kids get no allowance, the wife gets no jewelry and the husband gets no sex.

Broker: The person that you trust with thousands of your hard earned dollars. Hello!

Broker: What my broker has made me or Poorer than you were last year.

Budget: Written proof that you can't afford the things you want.

Bull Market: A random market movement causing an investor to mistake himself for a financial genius.

Cash Flow: The movement your money makes as it disappears down the toilet.

CEO: Chief Embezzlement Officer.

CFO: Chief Fraud Officer.

Day Trader: A more socially acceptable gambling addict.

Discounted Stock: A stock that is less expensive than last month and more expensive than it will be next month.

EBIT: Earnings Before Irregularities and Tampering.

EBITDA: Earnings Before I Tricked the Dumb Auditor.

EPS: Eventual Prison Sentence.

FRS: Fantasy Reporting Standards.

Institutional Investor: An incompletely successful investor who is now locked up in a mental institute.

Market Correction: The day after you buy stocks.

Momentum Investing: The fine art of buying high and selling low.

P/E Ratio: The percentage of investors wetting their pants as the market keeps crashing.

Profit: A man that prays to God.

Stock Analyst: The idiot who just downgraded your stock.

Stock Market Correction: The term your broker uses for a financial market crash.

Stock Split: When your former wife and her lawyer split all your assets equally between themselves.

Value Investing: The art of buying low and selling lower.

This one is mambo baad.

Bear market and value investing...wah!