Originally Posted by
Buffett Jr
I asked a similar question on this forum over five years ago when I bought my first shares.
I was given all sorts of advice. Buy Pike River Coal, buy silver bars and hide them under the mattress. Buy a gun and canned food to get you through a financial crisis, etc. It was pretty useless advice.
Best thing I ever did was firstly find out what kind of investor I wanted to be (trader, dividend, value) then learnt everything through books, articles, reading annual reports, etc. I also took a greater interest in the financial news and company updates.
I only ever found these forums useful for passing the time at work when I had nothing to do as a form of entertainment, not for financial advice.