Quotes from the famous trader Jesse Livermore, who started his successful trading career when he was fourteen years old: “No trader can or should play the market all the time. There will be many times when you should be out of the market, sitting in cash waiting patiently for the perfect trade… – Jesse Livermore [...]
1) High Dividend Yield Having a REIT that gives out more than a 5% annual dividend yield assures you of a good return. 2) Historically Strong AFFO and Dividend Growth A REIT that has a strong track record of growing their AFFO and dividends for the past 5-10 years will ensure that you can get [...]
Before you start investing in REITs, you will need to understand a few key terms: 1) Gearing Ratio Gearing ratio tells you how much a company is lending. Like all forms of lending, the more a company borrows, the more it is vulnerable to economic downturns because the company must continue to service its debt [...]
What Are Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) A Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) is a security that is traded like a stock on the stock exchange. A REIT invests in real estate assets (e.g. shopping malls, office buildings, apartments, etc) directly, through the capital that it raises from shareholders. REITs distribute a large chunk (typically [...]
Company annual reports are typically glossy publications which contain fancy photographs and colourful diagrams and charts telling you about the company’s performance over the past year. Even though it might not seem like it’s the case, there is actually no mandatory rule which specifies the quality of paper that an annual report must have. However, [...]
Why Invest in Stocks: Reason 1 The first major advantage that comes with investing in stocks is the fact that it has the ability to give you a huge return in terms of profit. When you put your money in the bank, you will see that every year you start to build up a small [...]
Making mistakes is part of learning, and is perfectly acceptable. What’s not right, is making mistakes and not learning from them, so that you make the same mistakes over and over again. A common problem with investors is that they take too much credit for their successes and too little responsibility for their losses. This [...]
In the ideal scenario when investing, you have the utmost trust in someone or some strategy, and you’ll never feel anxious or worried or afraid about your investments. As important as trust is though, it usually is hard to have full trust in something, especially if it’s deals with your hard-earned money. If you look [...]
One of the most common questions about investing is: How much money is needed to start investing in stocks? The problem is many people want to start investing in stocks, but give up because they find out that it’s harder than it seems and that it requires more capital than what they have. The fact [...]
It is not easy for every trader to become a very good trader. For becoming a good trader you need to know the basics of trading with that you must also know the things that you must not do when trading. In my article I will tell you some major mistakes that investors make at [...]
