IF I WANT INVEST MONEY TO GAIN PROFIT BESIDES RETIREMENT HOW WOULD I GO ABOUT DOING IT AND HOW MUCH CAN I MAKE

J.P. Getty used to quip, “The first billion is the hardest.” How much do you plan on working with, how much are you shooting for, and besides in interest earnings or dividends on preferred stock, how do you figure that there is a formula for computing the amount of success you will obtain in the stock market?

The simple of it is this–does the company make a profit? is the company in line to continue making a profit, possibly a bigger profit? Then as long as the government isn’t changing rules that affects that company, or some natural change like weather or earthquake doesn’t affect it, or some revolution or industry change because of a new way of doing things–then things ought to come out pretty well, right?

I think the best way to learn about investing, is to study what the best investors are buying and selling. Go to http://www.top10traders.com – this is a free site that lets you create a portfolio of stocks with $100,000 in “play” money. Each day the site ranks the best performing portfolios, so you can see how your picks perform compared to other investors. You can also read posts on investing from the best traders, as well as share your own investing ideas. There is also a charting feature , so you can see how your portfolio performs compared to the S&P 500.

Here are this month’s best traders:

http://www.top10traders.com/Top10Standings.aspx

Good luck.