So, why am I here?
Not in the existential, universal, philosophical sense. Why am I here writing this blog? Basically, I was curious about the stock market. I'm not the first. I won't be the last. But I wanted to find out more about the stock market. I wanted to know if I, a humble, inexperienced stock market outsider, could even begin to comprehend the massive, grinding, whirlwind machinery that we use to gauge the blood pressure of the modern economy.
Based on the classic premise that the best way to learn about something is to get your hands dirty and try it, I resolved to try my hand at stock investing. Based on the even more basic premise that I don't have any real money, I decided to pretend to try my hand at stock investing. And so, the genesis of the Running Tally project: I will invest a virtual amount of money ($10,000) in a small set of stocks that I think are likely to grow faster than the market on average. I will simulate this $10,000 investment over 6 months, and see what happens. This blog will chronicle my investigations, my evaluations, my criteria, my decisions, and above all, all the stupid things that I get wrong. So that's it. That's why I'm here.
Let's get started. What could possibly go wrong?
