Basic Principles of Investment
The choice of the best companies to invest in depends on your investment objectives. You can focus on capital growth or income generation. The values that are good for the first are usually not good for the second. To choose the best companies to invest, identify what you want to achieve. Next, study the market to find and search for possible candidates. Even if you are a beginner in the investment, you can do well if you learn and practice some basic principles of investment.
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Before starting the search for the best companies to invest, identify what your investment objectives are. A person approaching retirement age usually wants low-risk investments that provide significant income. Younger investors are more likely to look for growth-oriented companies whose shares will increase in value.
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Investigation
To find possible investments, read the financial publications such as the “Wall Street Journal,” “Kiplinger,” and specialized magazines for the industries in which you are interested. Then check the investor relations website. Get a copy of your annual report. Ask if the company’s income and revenue growth has been higher than the average in its sector. Second, it determines whether the company’s stock has performed consistently well or better than the industry average as a whole, based on stock market indices for the last 3 to 5 years.
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Potential
Although the fundamentals of the company are good, you want to get a good price when you invest your money in your shares. Check the price-earnings ratio (P / E, for its acronym in English) of the shares (the ratio between the current price of the share divided by the earnings per share). Compare the PE relationship with other companies in the sector. A high proportion of PE may indicate that the stock is overvalued or that the company expects strong earnings growth. Conversely, a low PE ratio may mean that the stock is undervalued and there are signs of potential problems. When you see a high or low PE ratio, investigate further to find the reason before making your investment decision.
Not many companies meet this criterion but the ones that do have potential are easily swiped up by investors like Alibek Issaev, a businessman from Russia.
