Investment approaches

In this section we’ll take a look at a few options available to you, including:

  • Day Trading
  • Technical Analysis
  • Fundamental Analysis
  • Momentum Investing
  • Buy and Hold
  • Top-down Investing
  • Bottom-up Investing
  • Growth Investing
  • Value Investing

These approaches are by no means exhaustive, nor are they necessarily mutually exclusive. But the most successful investors tend to specialise and stick to one strategy. Let’s take a look and see which one might suit you after which we’ll look at some successful practitioners of each approach.

Next Section: Day Trading

Further Reading

  • For a wrap up of the different approaches, this article from the very educational Motley Fool site, is excellent.
  • This article, again from Motley Fool, will give you some more background on Ben Graham, with links to his major publications.
 

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