Are there any books or courses in Singapore that are recommended for a beginner like myself to understand how to get started on investing?

Hi!

‘The Intelligent Investor’ by Benjamin Graham is a book that will provide a comprehensive understanding of the stock market in very simple terms so that it is understandable. It helped me in getting all my concepts clear before entering the market.

I work at Kristal.AI, and it's my passion to evaluate various upcoming investment opportunities.

The 5 rules of successful stock investing by Pat Dorsey!

It runs through the basic financial ratios and gives examples of what are some of the areas you have to take note of when applying them.

An example would be construction companies tend to have high ROE as they have relatively high debt out of the Total Assets.

My number one has been listed, but there are a number of other good picks to be had, so I'll give you an alternate book to consider: Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

It'll help you understand behavorial science better, which is important as well when investing.

Hi Anon,

The Seedly community is filled with plenty of information for the uninitiated. I'm sure you can find most information you require regarding investments.

First you need to ask yourself what is the objective of you investing. Most likely, it is to address the impact of insufficient returns as you are building your current asset to a bigger future asset for your personal financial goals.

Thereafter you'll need to align your need (based on your objective above), ability, and willingness to take risk. There are many investment instruments available in the market. It's about finding the right instrument which is aligned to your personal objectives for a positive investing experience.

https://advice.moneyowl.com.sg/investment might be a good place for you to learn more about a way of investing which is more likely to be suitable for most people like yourself.

F-wall street :)

Andrew Hallam's Millionaire Teacher

Rich By Retirement by Joshua Giersch

Good start for beginners.

• The 5 rules of successful stock investing by Pat Dorsey!

• Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

• Peter Lynch's "One up on Wall Street"

Https://nlb.overdrive.com/media/786834

• The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham

• 100 Baggers by Christopher Mayer

• "How to Read a Financial Report" by John A. Tracy.

• The Little Book That Still Beats the Market by Joel Greenblatt

http://valueinvesting-sg.com/ebook/GoneFishingWithBuffett.pdf https://www.drwealth.com/gone-fishing-with-buffett-by-sean-seah/

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-07-23/what-risk-lessons-poker-can-teach-you-about-investing

Peter Lynch "Beating the Street"

https://budgeting.thenest.com/stocks-invest-using-peg-ratio-30429.html

https://theequityanalyst.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/equity-asset-valuation.pdf ​​​

Hi Kian Chee,

The 5 Rules of Successful Stocks Investing by Pat Dorsey is a good read for beginner! It was my first investment related book (Other than Rich Dad Poor Dad) which got me interested in investing.

One Up on Wall Street is a good read. You can download the ebook from NLB mobile.

Not into trading but my friend recommended one of the courses for beginners on SGX which is quite affordable.

As for books, I came across this list earlier in the year and found it useful: https://www.sgbudgetbabe.com/2017/07/recommended-books-on-personal-finance.html

I also recommend the following books I've read and are available on the NLB app / NLB itself:

1. Invested by Danielle Town

2. Rich by retirement by Joshua Giersch

3. Navigating the investment minefield by H. Kent Baker and Vesa Puttonen

4. Quit like a millionaire by Kristy Shen and Bryce Leung

5. Family Inc. by Douglas P. McCormick

6. Your money or your life by Vicki Robin and Joe Domingues

Why stocks go up and down book costs $40 from overseas. Didn't find any in Singapore.

Second is rich by retirement. A singapore context to retirement investing

The Little Book That Beats The Market (and anything else by Joel Greenblatt tbh). :)

As a beginner who was interested in an aggressive portfolio to grow my wealth, what I really wanted to know was:

What does a stock represent?

What is a stock market index?

How do i pick the right stocks to invest in?

How to analyse a company using a fundamental-based approach

The book that helped me answer all these questions was Peter Lynch's "One up on Wall Street".

Peter Lynch was a legendary fund manager who managed the Magellan Fund from 1977 to 1990. During his tenure, the fund had an annualised return of 29%. We are lucky that such a successful investor was willing to share his secrets to the investing public.​​​

For a beginner, I would definitely recommend one that demystifies all the jargon out there!

Also, I would pick something that is easy to read.

So here's my pick!

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/75893.The_Little_Book_of_Value_Investing

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I recommend this $28 course called Foundation of Stock Trading by Collin Seow.

This course covers 3 immensely powerful combination strategies that you can use immediately in the markets.

• MA-CCI Swing Strategy

• GMMA and Stochastic Combo

• The "Last Stochastic" System

Course objectives:

• A primer on technical analysis

• Get an amazing mechanical trading strategy, back-tested for accuracy

• After completion students will be equipped with the skills and techniques that lay a solid foundation for profitable trading

If you are interested, you can register at the link below.

https://collinseowfst1.eventbrite.sg

Books I recommend:

Technical Analysis - John J. Murphy, Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets

Trading - Laurence A. Connors and Linda Bradford Raschke, Street Smarts: High Probability Short Term Trading Strategies

Investing - William O'Neil, How To Make Money in Stocks (He is also the founder of Investor Business Daily)

I personally liked the Millionaire Teacher by Andrew Hallam and the Little Book of Common Sense Investing by Jack Bogle. These books have simple concepts and are easy to read and digest so you can read on the go.

I have read The Intelligent Investor and found it really quite cheem or complicated as I am still a beginner. I think once you have covered some of the basics then you can try this book.

Regarding courses, SGX has a couple of free seminars held quite regularly on weeknights on The Basics of Investing, Introduction to Fundamental Analysis and Technical Analysis and they are really very basic introductions but definitely enough to get you started at the very beginning. Afterwards, you can move onto Dr Wealth or The Fifth Person who I've heard very good reviews about but haven't personally tried yet.

Depending on which field you understand,

Example if you worked in the technology field you understand how it operate, you can search for companies to invest in.

Or you're lazy index funds, etf, bonds.

If you want something new, Cryptocurrency.

Google your questions, I started off in the cryptospace 2017 Oct without any mentor nor guidance, I just googled my way and learn. How am I able to do it? It's passion and interest.

Whatever you're thinking to pick up and understand / learn first you must have a passion and interest for it.

Also a tip, never invest into something you do not understand, eventually you will lose your money. Don't listen to anyone telling you to buy this stock or that crypto, always do your own research and due diligence before you put any money.

You can start from this list.

https://blog.seedly.sg/essential-books-for-beginners-to-learn-investing-in-stocks/

Hello!

It would be a great help if you could understand how to read financial statements, such as income statements, balance sheets and cashflow statements. These statements can be found in the annual report of companies listed on stock exchanges. These statements form the basis for quite a good number of investments, as they tell about the financial health of the company!

Companies can smoke investors by saying that they their company has performed very well over the last few years, but numbers don't lie. More importantly, asset classes such as stocks, bonds, ETFs and REITs all utilises financial statements to understand what kind of investments to develop.

You can read more about financial statements at the following sites:

https://www.sec.gov/reportspubs/investor-publications/investorpubsbegfinstmtguidehtm.html

https://www.thebalance.com/guide-to-understanding-financial-statements-357512

https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/certifications/financial-modeling-valuation-analyst-fmva-program/

Video:

https://www.coursera.org/learn/financial-statements

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jkse-Wafe9U

*Benjamin Graham's "An Intelligent Investor"

-the founder of value investing, a must read for all investors

Phillip A Fischer "Common Stocks & Uncommon Profits"

-More qualitative take as compared to Graham, Warren Buffett calls himself 80% Graham and 20% Fischer

*Burton Malkiel's "A Random Walk Down Wall Street"

-Classic on financial markets valuation techniques

*Pat Dorsey's "Five Successful Rules of Stock Investing"

-One of the most practical investing books out there

1.Start a investment stock simulator account(investopedia has one) (not for everyone)

2.Accumulate savings in the meantime

3.Open a trading account(do some research on brokerages available- charges and commissions especially if you intend to trade more actively)

4.Trade when you are ready