Beginner Articles and Guides
TickerPosts guides and articles tagged beginner. Plain-English, calm, and written for everyday investors. 7 posts.
Common Stock Market Myths, Fact-Checked
Some of the most repeated "rules" about stocks are simply wrong, and a few of them are exactly the lines a promoter uses to talk you into a bad trade. A plain-English fact-check of four myths beginners hear most: the 52-week-high trap, the penny-stock "more room to grow" line, the crowd-equals-up assumption, and the "due for a bounce" trap.
· 3 min read
The Complete Guide to Fundamental Stock Research for Beginners
Researching a stock means understanding the business, reading its own filings, and forming a view you can defend, before you act on anyone else’s opinion. This long-form guide pulls the pieces together: what the company does, the numbers that matter, the primary sources, and the bear case, with links to focused guides on each step.
· 3 min read
What Does Unusual Volume Mean?
A stock trading on many times its normal volume is telling you that something changed. It does not tell you what, or whether the move will last. A plain-English guide to reading an unusual-volume spike: what counts as unusual, the difference between scheduled and unscheduled spikes, and the manipulation angle worth keeping in mind.
· 3 min read
How to Read Stock Volume
Volume is the number of shares that changed hands in a given period. It does not tell you which way a stock is going, but it tells you how seriously to take the move. A plain-English guide to what volume measures, what unusual volume can signal, and how to read price and volume together.
· 8 min read
How to Read an Earnings Report
When a public company reports earnings, three things show up on the same day: a press release, a conference call, and an updated quarterly filing. A plain-English guide to where to find each one for free, which numbers actually move the stock, and the questions worth asking before taking a beat or a miss at face value.
· 10 min read
How to Read SEC Filings Without Getting Lost
A plain-English tour of the four SEC filings beginners hit most often when researching a stock: the 10-K, the 10-Q, the 8-K, and Form 4. What each one contains, where to read it for free, and which sections actually matter.
· 9 min read
How to Research a Stock Before You Buy
A short, plain-English framework for sizing up a stock before you put money behind it. Where to find the primary sources, which numbers actually matter, and how to write down a bear case before clicking buy.
· 7 min read