Research

In this article we will delve into the question whether research house ratings are helpful in investment decisions.

What Are Research Houses?

In the context to the financial industry, research houses are companies focused on collecting data on investment opportunities and interpreting that information to give a particular rating which can range from a positive buy to hold and negative ratings. The rating gives an indication to investors whether the investment has future growth return possibilities.

There are so many scam artists out there, and in the share trading game a lot of people are promoting their 'secrets' and their 'mastery programs' on how to succeed in the markets. I was surfing around recently and I found this article about wealth creation gurus. I don’t claim to be one. I’m my own person, I’m here to prove nothing and I’m here to give some commentary on my thoughts about trading and perhaps give my readers an insight into my trading style. It is important that you do your due diligence before you are pressured to sign up to one of those courses… find out if the company is reputable, who is the founder and why are they selling their strategy? Whenever I do go to these hard-sell seminars - you know those free seminars that they give out, the question that always lies in my mind is that - are they for real? Why are they doing it?