When it comes to investing, one’s aim should not be to become rich overnight. Investing is a long-term game and one should treat it as a part-time job which can make your capital grow and give you an additional income. The best way to invest is to start by dividing your capital into four portions, one for short-term, two portions for medium term, and one for long-term. Short-term can be used for weekly and monthly investment, whilst your longer-term pot can be used for investing in slower, steady products. Whilst short-term investments can become medium or long-term, investment with increased risk, it’s important to invest your longer-term pot in small amounts in products where you’ll see that growth in 10 years plus.
In Asia and Europe, people invest in US stocks and they do not need to use their office hours to do so. Unless you work in an investment firm, it’s important to avoid discussing your investments at work. Especially when you place your order, try not to let other people watch that moment, or else when you have any dissatisfactory performance in your job, they will link it to your investment and blame you because you might be distracted, no matter what the actual case is. If you invest in your local stock, you will always need to use office hours to place an order, but US stocks will be free to use after office hours enabling you to avoid gossip. Be wary; even if gossip had not been an issue in the past, it might occur in the future.