Apart from understanding the nuts and bolts about investing (whether is it learning through books or attending courses), one of the very first things you need to do is to shortlist for companies you could potentially put your hard-earned money in. This post was originally posted here. The writer, Jun Yuan Lim is a veteran community member and blogger on InvestingNote, with a username known as @ljunyuan and has close to 2100 followers. When it comes to company selection, some of my criteria include: The company must have business operation that is easily understandable;Stable or growing revenue and net profit over a period of at least 5 years;Little or no debt;Improving dividend payouts over the years, and if possible, one that pays out a dividend once every quarter, if not once every half-a-year. Company reviews I have posted in The Singaporean Investor over the years fulfils most of the above, and in...