Years ago as a financial advisor, I helped my clients plan, invest and protect their assets. Rather than bore you with stock tips with ridiculous or sensational investment return, this article will focus on ideas that will help you develop your own potential. By keeping it simple, make a sensational investor using prudent principles and strategies.

Investing Online for Beginners – Investment Clubs

Create or join an investment club with friends. This is a great way to learn with a lever. If multiple people are motivated to be successful investors, you will learn faster and have more fun in the process. Investing can be risky and difficult, but being in an investment club is a strong support system. Start small and be prepared to lose money. Becoming a profitable investor may take some time, but your patience will be rewarded.

Investing Online for Beginners Tip – Online Investment Tools

Use an online trading program for research and screening investment choices. There are many great programs out there. If you want to buy stocks and mutual funds, than Morningstar.com has some good tools, even free. Motleyfool.com also has some good free tips and tools. Do not jump into currencies or options trading before the fundamentals of stocks and mutual funds. In fact, never invest in something you do not understand.

Investing Online for Beginners Tip – Online Business

Invest in yourself by starting an online business. This is my favorite strategy, and it’s where I most of my “investment” spending time today. You control your destiny by learning how to make a business. If your business is profitable, you have the added benefit of tax advantaged income / revenue. Instead of paying taxes and then paying your bills, you can pay bills and then pay taxes on what’s left. See some of my other articles and videos to learn more.

Success as an investor comes with education and practice. Given the negative returns from traditional markets in the past ten years or so, open to invest in commodities such as precious metals and energy to diversify and reduce risk. Most importantly, do not delay getting started. Most advisers recommend investing at least 10% of your income each month.