n investment club is a group of people who meet at least once a month to increase their investment knowledge. They agree to contribute a predetermined amount of money which they then pool together to invest, typically, in the stock market.
Depending on the extent of the trading knowledge of the members, monthly
contributions can be modest, ranging between $20 and $50. Mostly, clubs of this nature are to give each member an affordable way to learn how to purchase stocks. Once you’ve gained enough confidence, knowledge and experience – you would normally expand outside the club and create your own personal portfolio of stocks.
Before I share with you about how to create your first investment club. Let me explain what your normal investment club is like. Normally, an investment club is made up of – between 10 to 20 members. Each member is required to bring some knowledge or research to the table about potential stocks. The meetings are to discuss the stocks as a group and then to decide on which stocks should be invested in by the group as a whole.
One of the most important items on the agenda to agree on before looking at
any particular stock is to agree on the philosphy of the clubs trading goals. It’s best to agree on this early into the group to avoid arguements later on. For example, someone in their twenties might prefer to invest in riskier stocks while someone in their retirement years would prefer to invest in stable and slow growth stocks for safety purposes.
It’s normally best to choose your members carefully first by similar goals. According to the National Association of Investors Corporation, there are over 50,000 investment clubs in operation in the United States. These clubs are made up of many different groups of people with many different investment strategies. You have clubs made up of all women in their retirement years, you
have church groups that have formed investment clubs, you have all black
businessmen investment clubs that focus on investing to give back to their
communities.
I’m going to share with you how easy it is to create your own investment club
by sharing with you a little information about the one I’m forming at this very minute. As you know, I published the eBook “An Entrepreneur’s Approach to Buying & Selling on Wall Street”. When I began sharing some of the information and stock picking strategies found in that book with some of my friends from church. They were very interested in learning more about
how I was able to choose stocks that produced such remarkable gains.
So, I agreed to create an investment club where I would actually teach
them first hand as a group how this system works. We met at my house
one night to discuss just what would be involved and to iron out just a few
minor details before we could even begin. First, we as a group decided to
keep our club rather small. At least 4 of the 7 were already investors – at
least they already had their own personal brokerage accounts.