I’m not adverse to making money (you'll notice that I do write articles about investing, by the way) but I’ve been perplexed by all those advertisements I see on all those investing websites. I understand the idea behind all that advertising I see. Innocent investors visit those investing websites to read all that interesting content and they're bombarded with a site filled with ads. At times the ads may even look like content. Investors are expected to click on the ads and the site owner makes money. This is a fairly simple concept to understand, but it makes me wonder why investing sites have any ads on them at all. Is the purpose of the site to sell ads or is the purpose of the site to provide investing information? Do the ads make more money for the website author than simply executing the advice that’s being provided? Why doesn't the author just use his own advice? Surely there's more money to be made by buying and selling stock than there is in the few dollars made from all those annoying advertisements.
In my articles I write about my investing style and the stocks that I am or am not investing in at the moment. I also include many of my investing ideas and the reasoning and rationale behind my buys and sells. I have a relatively simple investing philosophy and process, and to tell the truth, sometimes I think I’m just repeating myself from article to article. But only the readers of my articles can really decide if these articles are repetitive or redundant. I’ll know when my website stats start to falter.
Hopefully each article articulates or explains a slightly new or different approach to the way I invest. And hopefully I can spark a new idea in the minds of those who read these articles. It’s just one of the reasons I continue to write. But most important of all, I’m not just writing about the topic of investing, I’m writing about the strategies and methods I use when I’m investing with my own money.
Hopefully each article articulates or explains a slightly new or different approach to the way I invest. And hopefully I can spark a new idea in the minds of those who read these articles. It’s just one of the reasons I continue to write. But most important of all, I’m not just writing about the topic of investing, I’m writing about the strategies and methods I use when I’m investing with my own money.
So where are all the advertisements on my site? Look around. You won’t find any. There aren’t any. And here’s why. I’ve consciously made the choice of not putting any ads on my site. I find them annoying on other sites so I would imagine others would find them annoying on mine. Fortunately I have the luxury of not having to pay for this site (so far) because it is so graciously hosted by Weebly.com for free. I’ve had other websites in the past and I can honestly say this is the best development site I have ever used. Weebly.com makes putting websites up on the net easy and simple. If anyone wishes to create a website for just about any purpose, I highly recommend you at least visit their site and spend a little time reading their literature. You’ll be surprised at just how user friendly it is. It’ll allow you to quickly get past the mechanics of putting a website together and allow you to concentrate on the content you want to include on your site. And that’s what the purpose of your website is all about, right?
"The writer must earn money in order to be able to live and to write, but he must by no means live and write for the purpose of making money." |
At this point you may be asking yourself exactly how do I make money writing these articles? Well, I don’t. And as long as Weebly.com doesn’t charge me for this site I really have no need to make money on this site. These articles are truly a labor of love.
But before you feel sorry for me, I must tell you that I do make money. And the way I make money from this site is by taking my own advice. I actually do the things I discuss in my articles and the results are some very profitable trades. Writing these articles are my way of clarifying my ideas about the investing I do. They’re my catharsis. They’re my epiphany.
But before you feel sorry for me, I must tell you that I do make money. And the way I make money from this site is by taking my own advice. I actually do the things I discuss in my articles and the results are some very profitable trades. Writing these articles are my way of clarifying my ideas about the investing I do. They’re my catharsis. They’re my epiphany.
"Making money is a hobby that will complement any other hobbies you have, beautifully." |
If no one ever reads these articles they’ve still been worth creating just for the fact that they have improved my understanding of the markets and my trading. Every day my trading strategy becomes clearer and clearer to me. If I ever begin to second guess my decisions, I simply refer to my earlier articles and these reassure me that my investing remains on track. These articles have been a very reassuring exercise for an independent investor like myself. And if any of this has helped anyone else, then all the better.
"Life started getting good when I started making money." |
Hopefully someday my kids will become interested in beginning their own journey of building wealth and securing that financial freedom and security that seems to have eluded me so far but always seems to be just around the corner. Luckily for me my journey isn’t quite over yet.
Good Luck and Good Trading.
Good Luck and Good Trading.
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