My experience buying shares
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I’ve been buying shares for just over a year now. I had been very nervous buying my first shares but over the past 12-months my confidence in investing has really grown. I’ve made 20% on the money I’ve put in, which beats any bank deposit and I’m really proud so far. (although you never want to tempt fate do you).
 

Listed Investment Companies have been under pressure in recent months, on average trading at their largest historic discount to their net tangible asset valuations through a combination of increasing supply and poor performance. In this article we look in detail at Listed Investment Companies. 

2020 has been a weird year for everyone. But what about for ASX share investors? What about for beginners like me? I've bought ASX shares while the market was in free fall. But what do I do now? Do I keep my capital locked away in the big banks or do I want to sell for a 10% profit, plus the dividend I've received, and move on?

As a beginner investor it's been hard to judge market timing but I've been following Under the Radar's advice to buy small parcels of ASX shares and watching the stock market fall. Market timing seems abolutely impossible to nail in this volatile market. I'm trying not to be greedy and just to be pleased that I've made a decision and I'm investing with a 3-5 year time line in mind.

The ASX like all global markets has crashed with the coronavirus and my little share portfolio in it's infancy has taken a hit. I thought I'd be broken by fear but it's been the opposite. I've been slowly buying more ASX shares, particularly small caps but a few blue chips too and I've been focussed on quality dividend paying ASX Shares.

With all the drama around the coronavirus should you be rushing to the supermarket for your super packet of kleenex or putting your pennies into some quality ASX Shares?

I had a look at a few charts to get some perspective.

My ASX Share Portfolio is in profit thanks to ASX Small Cap Stock, Macquarie Telecom (MAQ) that is up over 17% from when I bought it late last year and NAB is climbing back above $26.  It's the first time during a reporting season that I've been an active investor and I'm looking forward to reading about the performance and dividends for my ASX shares. What ASX Shares am I going to buy next?
 

I bought some ASX Shares in 2019 for dividends. NAB and AWC are big established businesses and they are both strong ASX dividend stocks that pay dividends for income. Do I buy more of these ASX Shares now or should I look to buy other ASX dividend stocks for my share portfolio?

I've just received my first dividend payment from my ASX shares! I've taken up the rights issue in ASX Small Cap Panoramic (which really means I bought more shares at a cheaper rate without paying any transaction fees), and I'm thinking about what to do next. Am I going to buy more shares in an ASX stock I already own or do I buy a new ASX stock?

I've bought more ASX shares this month. I've bought another ASX Small Cap Tassal (TGR) as it is on our Small Cap Best Stocks to Buy list and the Small Caps on this list have an average return of over 60%. I like it becuase it pays a divdend yield of 4.1% and I've bought it for a long-term investment

ASX Small Caps really can provide awesome share price growth in a very short space of time. In less than 7 weeks after buying 3,000 ASX shares in the small cap stock Panoramic Resources (PAN), they have gone up 40%!
  
But is it enough growth? Should I take profits or hold on for more?
 

My ASX Share Portfolio is up over $540 in less than two months. Really thanks to Panoramic Resources (PAN) a little ASX small cap mining stock on our Best Stocks to Buy list that has just been made a takeover bid from Independence Group NL (IGO) and the share price has rushed up nearly 40%!

Today I'm buying an ASX blue chip bank share. I want to diversify my portfolio and provide some long-term stability. I'm buying a bank today as I've bought some small caps and I want a bank or two for stability and dividends. But which one of the big four banks offers the best value to buy now? I'm using our Blue Chip Value report to help me choose which shares to buy.

I'm buying ASX Shares, normally one or two ASX small caps using the money I've saved in a month. Today I'm buying an ASX Share that is small cap in the medical technology space. This Small Cap ASX share has lots of potential and is much more than a penny stock.

The ASX Shares I've bought are all in green and I'm looking at which shares to buy next. I'm planning what shares to buy next month when I've got some more money.