Would Like To Start Learning Investments.

How do I start learning investing? Being an architecture student, I really want to learn this skill on my own. I want to do a deep study about it.

You want to start knowing about investing — so don’t start with economics, or else you’ll be continually off the rails.(Yes, it’s kind of sad that economists generally don’t know anything about investments and investing, which are part of the lifeblood of the economy … ah, well, that’s life for you.)Start from point zero — subscribe to consumer investment magazines (top four are musts):—Barron’sInvestors ChronicleMoney MagazineKiplinger’s Personal Finance — good for practical advice and ‘next steps’Investor’s Business Daily — indispensable for the serious investorThe Economist — a solid choice for knowing how the larger economic picture might change your smaller pictureBloomberg Businessweek — for same reason as The EconomistForbes — for overall picture of finances, economics, investing and marketingOr whatever is their equivalent in your country or location.Since you’re an architectural student, you should have library access to those magazines.And talk to people who are investing. Don’t ask for tips — they’ll never tell you. Ask for their insights instead — a much more welcoming tone to their ears.And be mentally prepared to lose money while making money.

Where's a good place to start learning about investing?

I am assuming you are talking about long term investing. Here is a list of steps to familiarise yourself with the process:Step 1 - Read about personal finance - Subscribe to blogs, read a book like Rich Dad Poor dad and subscribe to some blogs. If you are more interested in the nuts and bolts of investing read Ben Graham’s the intelligent investor - but this is a big time investment.Step 2 - Find a robo/human adviser - Find an adviser who will help you get started with investing in Mutual funds. Mutual funds are a good place to get started with making some investments and building savings. Through this process you will understand the funds better.Step 3 - Graduate to stocks - Stocks can give you direct access to owning equity rather than going through a fund but only make sense in my opinion if your portfolio in financial instruments like MFs, stocks and bonds is over 10L. Open a DEMAT account (we at Wixifi.com can help with that through our partner’s TradeJini) and get started with some trading. You can get advice from a financial adviser on what to buy. Better to stick to a diversified approach until you really know what you are doing. We have a stocks advisory service which can tell you which stocks to buy and can directly trade this through the TradeJini account.Step 4 - Become a stock picker yourself - This is only if you really love doing this you can start picking stocks yourself - I would suggest reading Security Analysis by Ben Graham - It is very dry but will really tell you all that you need to know to pick stocks. In addition you could read Margin of Safety: Risk-averse Value Investing Strategies for the Thoughtful Investor by Seth Klarmam. Professor Sanjay Bakshi’s blog fundooprofessor is also a great place to learn.Full disclosure: I am the founder of Wixifi.com - a robo investment advisory service that builds algorithms to create portfolios of mutual funds & stocks according to your risk profile and goals.

As a 16 year old, how can I start learning about the stock market, investing, and start investing?

To be an investor or trader in stock market one doesn’t need to be particularly from commerce or finance back ground. To be an investor or a trader, you should know the functioning of the market, and what are the requirements to be fulfilled by you to put in money in the market. For the rest of the technicalities, there are professionals available in the market to help you at every step of the trading.To start with, u must know:-1. Stock market:It is a market place where shares of public limited firms are traded in the market, where you can buy and sell shares.2. From where to buy or sell shares:A retail investor can’t buy or sale shares directly from the exchange. He needs to go to broker, who will help him to buy and sell shares from the exchange. There are many brokers available in the market, with whom you can associate with to trade in share market. These brokers charge a minimum fee to help u trade in the market, and this charge is called brokerage.3. Which script should you buy or sell and when?there are many stocks listed over exchanges, so to make money , it is very necessary to put your money into right stock and at right time. Being novice, we must take expert advice. Problem arises, as there are number of individuals who are self acclaimed experts with no authenticity from government. So look for advisors who are SEBI registered and have good experience. There is a portal in India, called Advisorymandi, which provides, advices from only SEBI registered analyst.Once you know the basic working of stock market, have a broker and good advisor, you are good to go, and start with your share market trading.4. Open a demat: For trading, you need to open a Demat account with a broker of your choice. Demat account is a bank for your shares in electronic form. To open a Demat account, u need a bank account, your PAN card, and an identity proof and address proof.5. Once you fulfil all documentation for the Demat account and your Demat account is operation, you can start to invest and trade.P.S:: When you start to trade or invest and keep following market, after a period of time, you won’t be requiring advices, as you will turn to be your own advisor.Happy Investing.!!