Why should I invest?

Investment on smaller companies in usually riskier, and investment in only one company is also very risky. You should spread your risk by diversifying your investment in eclectic companies.

If you are well diversified and invest long term, say for like more than 5 years then you can minimize risk and have nice returns.

Warren Buffet is the king of shares. He is one of the top 5 billionaires in the world. He is an investor, a business man and a philanthropist. Started to trade at a very tender age that is 11, today even the sky does not set the limit for him. Not a lot of people know that Buffet's 99% of the wealth is earned after his 50th birthday and this is because of his investment in the stock market. He understands the trade cycles and keeps patient which eventually gains him nice returns.

You definitely need to know the basics of stock market to invent in it, because if you do not know its basics, then its a total gamble. Your might double or even triple your amount once or twice but it will not stay with you forever since that will be just your luck favoring you. But if you know the basics, you invest discerning the pros and cons and keep patient accordingly and know by when will you money actually come to you.

All I want to conclude through all this is why, why not invest in the stock market and generate money? Money leads to money, and this money will definitely assist you when you get old, when you cannot work. At that time, the money generated by your once upon a time investment will be your shield.