Using the Web to Develop Our First Investment Strategies

Whenever we search or surf the web, we have the opportunity to learn many things. We learn more about things we already know. On the internet, we learn new things we've never known. Anyone who wants to be surprised about new areas of research being done only needs to surf the web. Almost everything we learn on the web affects other people's lives that we've never met. We hear about scientists making great discoveries, or government leaders making bold and courageous statements about injustices. Lastly, the web is a place where new generations are being born with new tools to use for their future.


There are lots of fun places to visit on the web where we learn new games or learn new things we can do with family and friends on our next day together. Lots of people use the internet to learn about new opportunities for business transactions. They can meet new contacts to help them accomplish their goals. A friend of mine told me he had just learned that he could invest in the best stocks under a dollar. When he showed me, I understood what he was talking about. In short, the web is a world where our horizons for knowledge, opportunity, and exploration can grow daily.


The web also has plenty of information about recommendations about the way we should dress or the things we should eat. The web will recommend where and how we spend our time with family and friends. It is filled with all kinds of recommendations about what we should invest in, how we should invest, and where we should spend our money this spring, summer, fall, and winter. So it is no wonder that the web even tells people they ought to be better, but investigative journalists hint that this may lead to social problems.


The more time spent on the web, the more we come to know about ourselves and the things we prefer for our own life. It is not so much that we are not interested in what others would want for their life since that is part of society and how we support others, but at the heart of it, we are seeking some happiness for ourself. Don't get me wrong, we should learn from others, but at the same time, we ought to get second opinions or at least not swallow hook, line, and sinker everything that we read. That is what makes a country grow strong; people are going in different directions as long as they are not destructive forces.


When we think about doing something we want to do for ourselves, we are kind of like people who are self-employed and need to watch out for themselves since no one else will chart a safe path for them. Investing in lower-priced stocks can have a significant effect on our life. First, it allows us to see that lots of companies don't start at the top but at the very beginning. Secondly, it enables us to join in a relatively large part of the population who want to do good for themselves but don't have the means (or at least not using all the resources they have) to make a difference in their life. 


When we search the web, we come across all kinds of investment ideas. There are many recommendations in almost every financial blog. How can we measure those recommendations? A good rule of thumb is how many people listen to those recommendations by any one of those bloggers in question. It is also true that even the number of followers a person has cannot be taken at face value since so many people purchase followers to give them good recommendations. We need to qualify our stocks before we buy them. In the long run, the investment strategies we use will be one of the measuring sticks of success for our investing careers since they bear a reflection of our goals and choices.