Yes, will do the Y-man.
I am sure I could have make some profits in shares over the years, especially with the current economic health, I remember a year ago when I picked several stocks and add them into my watchlist, now, when I check they are all up to 40-60% on average, a few I invest in outperformed by far this percentage, and and I though it will be silly to think this bull market will last for ever, so I was considering to trade options to protect my portfolio, but read some books on successful investors, and found shares/options to be boring, you can't touch them, you can't feel them, you can't see them, you cannot add value to them (except if you are a substantial holder and make some important decisions/changes in the company, which I am clearly not for financial and qualification reasons capable of), and above all they are not your fruit of your labour; as Gordon Gekko would say “I create nothing I own”, I want to buy and create something out of it like renovating ect.
I also know that there are always investors who get some inside information or the big players manipulate some stocks, and don't like to be part of that 'game', I want to play fair and be able to say “I have done my research I know 99.9% in what I am getting into”, whereas with those guys although I have done my research they can ruin everything in a click!
Arguments such as less volatile, always appreciating over the long term… are also part of this change of strategy to be financially free, although to say that it may sounds weird considering I am only 21 and haven't started working yet. Maybe, I am too optimistic, but I would commit to this strategy and learn along the way.
Thanks a lot Kenster, I will do the necessary after my first one on Monday.
