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    My Investment Journey: How I failed in stock trading and the lesson learned
    My Investment Journey: How I failed in stock trading and the lesson learned
    My Investment Journey: How I failed in stock trading and the lesson learned
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    My Investment Journey: How I failed in stock trading and the lesson learned

    By Konster NG

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    This book gives novice investors a lesson learnt from those mistakes that I made in stock investment so that you won’t have to repeat the same mistakes in your investment journey. It is my intention to protect your savings from the hard-earned income.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPublishdrive
    Release dateApr 13, 2019
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      My Investment Journey - Konster NG

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      Preface

      The information in this book is based on my personal opinion and experience, what I had been through along the journey, and kindly DO NOT treat it as professional financial investment advice. And, the key objective of this book is to convey the information and share the lesson learned, please do not purchase if you are uncomfortable with grammatical errors.

      I will not be liable for any errors, omissions, losses, injuries, claim, liability or damages of any kind resulting from, arising from its display or use. I am sure you are aware that investment book can potentially make you a headache with all those fancy technical jargon and financial terminology. And you might be worried about that.

      We are not going to do that. We don’t need to. There are plenty of such investment books out there.

      But not in this book.

      This book gives novice investors a lesson learnt from those

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