Teach Your Self Finance And Investment Basics

The sooner one starts investing the better. By investing early you allow your
investments more time to grow, whereby the concept of compounding (as
we shall see later) increases your income, by accumulating the principal and
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the interest or dividend earned on it, year after year. The three golden rules
for all investors are:
Invest early
Invest regularly
Invest for long term and not short term
What care should one take while investing?
Before making any investment, one must ensure to:
1. obtain written documents explaining the investment
2. read and understand such documents
3. verify the legitimacy of the investment
4. find out the costs and benefits associated with the investment
5. assess the risk-return profile of the investment
6. know the liquidity and safety aspects of the investment
7. ascertain if it is appropriate for your specific goals
8. compare these details with other investment opportunities available
9. examine if it fits in with other investments you are considering or you
have already made
10. deal only through an authorised intermediary
11. seek all clarifications about the intermediary and the investment
12. explore the options available to you if something were to go wrong,
and then, if satisfied, make the investment.
These are called the Twelve Important Steps to Investing.