It has been slightly more than 6 months since I have started investing and I am still holding on to one of the two stocks that I first bought on 22th of September 2011. One is a success (VICOM) while the other was a lesson learnt from blindly following Peter Lynch (Eratat Lifestyle). 9 out of my first 10 trades resulted in realised loss and this prompt me to become serious about investing. I did started reading The Intelligent Investor before that but to be able to internalize it and maintain one's emotional stability is another issue.

I am pretty satisfied with the progress that I have made thus far, of course not before the various trip and fall that I have suffered. From getting very excited about the intra day up-tick and down-tick , I am now able to control myself to look at the stock prices only at the end of the trading ......