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subject: Taking Responsibility For Your Fiscal Wellness by:Brett Fogle [print this page]

Investor's responsibility when he is alone in the market.

In today's market environment, the best remedy for this situation

is for you to get more involved in your own investing decisions.

The problem is that most individual investors do not have the

knowledge, resources, or time to spend doing their own research,

stock selection, execution, and position management.

The development and expansion of the internet has solved part of

this problem in that the internet now provides timely information

and resources, right at the fingertips of the individual

investor.

Earnings reports, income statements, balance sheets, charts,

graphs, research, chat rooms, and even CEO video conferences are

easy to obtain online. Now, investors have all the tools

necessary to make their own decisions.

However, for many the problem still exists. Why? Because, all the

tools in the world are no good to you, if you don't know how and

when to use them. The truth of the matter is that most investors

are not qualified or properly trained to interpret the use of

these tools, and are therefore ill equipped to use them in making

their own investment decisions.

So now what should investors do? The answer is to find someone to

help you help yourself. Not to make your decisions for you, but

to assist you in making your investment decisions and to help

educate you as to the `how` and `why. `

You need to become more involved, and the first step in the

involvement process is education.

Education is the key to successful investing for the individual

investor in the market of the future.

All of us who invest in the stock market know that there are

three possible outcomes after we make a stock purchase.

First, the stock can go up and this is generally a good outcome.

Second, the stocks can go down and this is usually a bad outcome.

Third, the stock can go nowhere - which is also generally a bad

outcome.

It is bad because not only could you have put that money to use

in something with less risk that might have produced a return,

but you also incurred commission costs on the way in and out

which added to your loss.

So, we see that there are three things that can happen when you

take on a new stock position, and two of them are bad.

Now, what if we tell you that by employing a certain strategy

correctly, you can improve your chances dramatically?

Instead of having two of three scenarios possibly go wrong, you

would have two of three scenarios that could go right. And, the

third scenario, the bad one, wouldn't be nearly as bad.

It can happen by using just one of the many strategies involving

teaming stocks with options.

Sound interesting?

Great, but let's start at the beginning and build a solid

foundation first.

About the author

(c) 2005 Brett Fogle

Brett Fogle is the founder of The Options University which

teaches traders options trading strategies for safer investing

and explosive profits! You can discover how to protect your

investments with the leveraged power of options & learn how to

trade options like the pros... Visit us online at http://www.optionsuniversity.com to learn more!

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