Not a Serious Contact - http://corlissonlinegroup.com Corliss Online Group Financial Magazine Weblog Reviews I subscribe to the magazine and no response after I paid the subscription of usd49. After a month I received the subscription newsletter but not good – The website goes through a rundown of so many definitions that, after a while, one gets a feeling that he or she is reading a college textbook. Which is really quite alright as it serves as an elementary introduction to the whole process of stock market investing. Yet, with so many new concepts and definitions being introduced, it becomes quite hard to process, to integrate and to follow through the whole matter without being getting confused or sidetracked with so many details. How do we solve this? First of all, it might be better if one whole page is devoted to one concept or idea in order to make it less daunting. Let us say, for example, defining what “share” means. A whole page could be devoted to defining and illustrating the idea of the word with some colourful graphics to add some color and fun to the process of learning, especially among the young who might be looking for some fun in what is traditionally considered as a rather serious endeavour. The case of the father who gave his children some money to invest in stocks could be used to illustrate the idea that “a family that invests together earns together.” Facebook is not a mere accidental fluke of a social-media success. The people behind it know how to attract people using networking fun, social sense and shared spontaneity. Secondly, some of the “golden rules” require more illustrations to bring across the point that they truly work for most, if not all, cases -- that is why they are called rules. Unless, of course, the word “rule” has been used loosely by the authors of the mag’s content. For instance, the 2% rule of portfolio management states that you should not invest more than 2% of your portfolio on one trade. This is basically a restatement of the old saying: Do not put all your eggs in one basket – or all your money in one bank or one investment – because if you do, you could lose everything. Limiting your losses is a practical safety factor a trader must learn to apply. Yet, it takes discipline. Every gambler knows how hard it is to develop that habit. And many a gambler has lost his pants because of that difficulty to resist the temptation to continue betting even when one is already losing. The other aspect of imparting that lesson is how to develop the discipline. The website does not go the extra mile to assist the reader to make that goal achievable. Who were among the best paragons of such a discipline? What did they do to develop the skill or habit? What specific steps did they take to make it possible to achieve: Did their wives or partners keep their un-invested money for them? Did they have professional managers do the investing for them? Did they reduce the 2% to 1% or 1.5% so that they have a bigger factor of safety against losses?