“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest” — Benjamin Franklin

You have been a great student of Seedly’s “university” and have “attended” the accounting classes covering different aspects of reading the financial statement, namely, the income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement.

You have also “sat through” the lectures on analysing financial ratios such as the return on equity and debt-to-equity.

Now that you feel you are ready to put your money to good use by investing in the stock market and do not want to go the exchange-traded fund-track, here are three starter stocks you can consider researching further to buy for your first portfolio.

Raffles Medical Group Ltd (SGX: BSL) is a large private healthcare group based in Singapore. Established in 1976, the company has a presence now in 14 cities across Asia, serving more than 2 million patients