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Investment strategies This page is under construction at present. Please bear with us whilst we strive to complete it ASAP. Your subscriptions and donations to ShareSoc will help us to increase the resources we have available to develop and maintain our educational offering. Bull and Bear Markets In this article ShareSoc Director Ram Sachdev explains "bull" and "bear" markets, how [...]Read moreUnderstanding Corporate Governance
Understanding Corporate Governance and the Regulatory Environment In this article ShareSoc explains the meaning and importance of good corporate governance and the regulatory environment applicable to you as an investor, to the companies and instruments you may invest in, to the markets you can trade in, and to the brokers/platforms you may use. Contents Introduction [...]Read moreEquities
What is a Share or Stock? When you hear the terms "stock", "share", or "equity", it is the same thing, which is part-ownership of a company entitling you to a share of its assets and profits. In the US people commonly use the term “stocks,” while in the UK we say “shares.” Understanding Shares / [...]Read moreWhat is investing?
What is investing? One of the founding fathers of modern investment principles, Ben Graham, offers a profound, but deceptively simple, definition of what constitutes an “investment”: An investment operation is one which, upon thorough analysis, promises safety of principal and a satisfactory return. Operations not meeting these requirements are speculative. This superficially simple definition hides a number [...]Read moreThe Sustainable and Social Investing Conference – 2nd December 2021
INVEST WITH CONSCIENCE We have a discount code (SSIC009) which allows free entrance for a silver ticket (worth £30) or half-price gold ticket. Register here. “Sustainable investing”. “Social investing”. “Impact investing”. “Ethical investing”. “Socially-Responsible investing”. “Green” investing”. These are just a few of the many terms that are used to describe how investors today want [...]Read moreWhat is short selling?
What is Short Selling? “Short selling” is a controversial subject amongst investors because it involves taking a negative view on a company and seeking to profit from a fall in the company’s share price. Naturally, this can be upsetting for those who have the opposite view and have invested in the company. In this article [...]Read moreInvestment Forums
Investment Forums Electronic “Investment Forums”, aka “bulletin boards”, “discussion forums” etc constitute a useful resource for likeminded investors to exchange views and report news. They are also a good place for posing questions and, sometimes, for learning from skilled investors. However, treat with caution! In some forums there is much “noise” and meaningless chatter, which [...]Read moreInvestment Trusts
Investment Trusts Many private investors are happy to put money into funds, particularly if they are fairly new to stock market investing. What this often means is that they purchase OEICs, Unit Trusts or ETFs from their stockbroker or ISA administrator with a particular emphasis on the first two which are often strongly promoted to [...]Read moreFundamental Analysis
Fundamental Analysis This page is based on an article written by Roger Lawson and first published in the ShareSoc Informer newsletter in December 2011. Previously I have talked about how to select good companies for an investment portfolio. Most of the discussion concentrated on qualitative aspects. This article attempts to cover some [...]Read morePersonal Crest Accounts
What is Personal Crest Membership? (An article published in the June 2015 edition of the ShareSoc Informer Newsletter) What is Personal Crest Membership and why should I use it are questions I am often asked. This article aims to supply the answers to those questions. Personal Crest Membership is one of the three ways in [...]Read moreBecome a free Associate ShareSoc member
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