“The way to learn to do things is to do things. The way to learn a trade is to work at it. Success teaches how to succeed. Begin with the determination to succeed, and the work is half done already.” -Benjamin Franklin

About


Welcome to LearningStocks.net! This site chronicals my stock trades and my thoughts on stocks and financial markets. My hope is that this “Stock Journal” will help myself and others learn about stocks, and be a catalyst to make money in the stock market by learning from my mistakes and my successes.
My current day job is an IT professional, and I entered the stock market without any knowledge or training in the field. I imagine the same is true for many others and they most likely have similar results to what I have had – not great. Starting my stock learning journey at the height of the Bull market in 2008, I thought it would be easy MONEY. Well, I soon found out that making money trading stocks is NOT easy. The market started its crash later in 2008 and my stocks went with it. I don’t like losing money and I’m not one to give up. So I decided I would learn as much as I could before buying any more stocks. I began reading books on the subject and studying the market. One recurring recommedation was to keep a stock journal and I thought a website would be a great way to do just that.
I am by no means a financial advisor, so this site should not be viewed as professional advice. One should always do their own research before making any financial decisions.