Summary of Investing Guidelines for the Long-term Investor

The following list includes links to key articles on buyupside.com that discuss the fundamental investing guidelines that you need to follow to make money with stocks. Read these articles to get started.

Invest at the earliest possible age. With time your investments can grow to a large pile of money. Make saving and investing money a top priority budget item. Save and invest as much as you can.

Buy-and-hold a diversified portfolio of high-quality dividend-paying stocks. With time good stocks increase in value.

Reinvest dividends. Dividend reinvestment is a simple way to increase the number of shares you own.

Buy at the right price. Don't pay too much for a stock. Watch for price bubbles.

Buy on the upside - not on the downside.You make money when stock prices are rising not falling.

Control costs. Avoid investments that charge high sales and maintenance fees.

Beware of the Wall Street buy propaganda machine. Wall Street wants to sell you stocks at any price at anytime. Resist the temptation to buy at the wrong time.