Fresh out of college, I got hired by a fledgling airline carrier before I finished my final year. I was armed with a wealth of knowledge about the modern jet propelled aircraft and mechanical/avionic maintenance procedures. Confident.
On my first day on the job, it was nothing like College and I had to learn the basics the way the company wanted things done from square one and "on time performance" was and still is the motivation. 12 hours or less to get what looked like an overwhelming amount of work to be done on an aircraft and on the Gate early in the AM, ready to fly for the day.
I figure it took about 3 months or more to get the 'big picture' of everything that's going on in that busy Hangar and with the company. That company became the biggest regional airline in Canada.
When I first looked at buying stocks outside of a managed RRSP plan (with high fees), it was also overwhelming with 'information overload' looking into stocks and the Market place.
I soon found out, it would take me more than 3 months and it has become a continuous learning curve.
Where to start? With the help of a like-minded friend when it came to stocks, I got a start and quickly focused on dividend paying stocks. Eventually landing on informative Blogs and sites featured on my Blog here.
I added Mark from My Own Advisor and I look forward to reading his Blog every weekend and posts published during the week. Loads of information and he references other Bloggers as well.
Looking at the big picture once again, I can see many that include the same stocks that pay dividends, as well as "picks" I don't see in others, which I check out to see if they maybe a worthwhile addition.
For example, I have picks and ETF's, I don't see in other Blogs.
Overall, it makes for good reference material and possible starting points for folks new to investing in the stock market.
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