Investment should be done with carefulness and taking of certain precautions.
Always remember and have in mind the risk involve this should help in taking precaution.
Some people current fund could only afford short term investment and they go into long term investment which ends them in losses.
Timness: investment deal strongly with time, you need to know and understand a stock or market flow or move so to know when to purchase.
Skill and Knowledge: Investment require skills and knowledge, you can't just do it's anyhow there are certain procedure require and they are learnable.
Egg in one basket: it's really not advisable to put all fund in one particular investment though it's pays some times but in cases when lost arise you end up losing all.
Over purchasing: Avoid over purchasing,you should have a set amount you want to invest as an investor that shows a level of discipline.
Borrowing to invest: This is very important if you are not ready for debt, not all losses bring debt but when you borrow to invest you ends in debt when you loss and considering the duration of your investment, its could be long term and if the money you are borrowing do not covers that long term you ends up pulling out at lost of low return.
