It’s time that you take control of your financial freedom.

Financial freedom comes from learning what you need to in the world of investing and money intelligence. You don’t have to be an Einstein to reach that goal. If you were to read 1-2 hours a day on different aspects of investing, you will know more than enough to better secure you freedom.

When trading stock, there are many things that you need to be aware of in regards to each company that you invest in like financial statements, balance sheets, charts, and earnings reports just to name a few. You won’t need a BA in accounting to understand it all.

Financial statements provide an overview of a business’ financial condition in both short and long term. A balance sheet is like a snapshot of a business’ financial condition at a specific period of time, typically it would be a three month period. A balance sheet consists of assets, liabilities and stockholders or owners equity.

The chart is exactly that, it’s a chart to show you the price per share movement over a period of time (day, month, year). As for an earnings report, a company reports their progress (gains and losses) during a three month time frame to it’s shareholders and other investors in a very detailed manner.

Take your time to learn these tools that you will need to understand when trading stocks. There is quite few more things within the stock trading world and most of them will be covered here in layman terms to make it easier for you.