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Your brother announces at Thanksgiving Dinner that he is thinking of becoming a day trader. What questions might you ask him to help him assess the wisdom of that choice?

Sagot :

1) Has he diversified his portfolio within the 11 sectors?

2) Does he go for capital appreciation stocks or dividend stocks?

3) How much time does he spend studying a company's financials (10K form) and charts?

4) Who is his favorite investor? Warren Buffet for picking great stocks and holding for many many years or someone like  Bill Ackman who is a bit deceptive on his trading tactics (over the summer he said 'Hell is coming' a signal thought by many as "panic sell" whilst he was buying heavily)

5) What is the number he is seeking to retire? There's usually a number ranging from $1M and $200M.

6) Maybe ask him if he is seeking to get licensed as a CMT (reading chart patterns)?

Hope this helps, either way best of luck to him!