
4 Do Your Research
Next, you’ll want to do your research and find investment opportunities that fall in line with the investing strategy you’ve chosen the most successful investment decisions are well thought out and well researched if you’re investing in stock take the time to look into what the company does the size of the addressable market it caters to its profitability historic performance over the past five year period whether it pays dividends and whether the current share price represents a fair valuation if you’re investing in ETFs pay attention to historic performance expense ratio the assets the ETF invests in and the investing strategy the fund follows no matter what asset class you decide to invest in the more research you do before investing the stronger your chances of your investments being profitable.