"the stock market is not a place for individual investors"
It's very difficult to make money in stocks unless there is something you know that most others don't know about the company or it's prospects.
So if you know about security and know of a security company going public and something about the people at the company and the business prospects (not talking insider just a higher degree of understanding or knowledge) you might be able to do ok.
However I've found that even in things you know about it's hard to make it all work because you really don't know the behind the scenes things happening at the particular company you are investing in (which would be insider information). I'm reminded about this anytime I think about investing in Verisign which I know much of from the industry and the fact that I've been dealing with them for so many years and I haven't ever been that right in predicting where the stock is going to go based upon the way I see things since that is not the same as the way the market sees things. That said I probably have a better time and stand a better chance then someone who knows less than I do. I don't invest in stocks. It's gambling. Business is a gamble as well but at least you can control many things and improve your odds.
It's very difficult to make money in stocks unless there is something you know that most others don't know about the company or it's prospects.
So if you know about security and know of a security company going public and something about the people at the company and the business prospects (not talking insider just a higher degree of understanding or knowledge) you might be able to do ok.
However I've found that even in things you know about it's hard to make it all work because you really don't know the behind the scenes things happening at the particular company you are investing in (which would be insider information). I'm reminded about this anytime I think about investing in Verisign which I know much of from the industry and the fact that I've been dealing with them for so many years and I haven't ever been that right in predicting where the stock is going to go based upon the way I see things since that is not the same as the way the market sees things. That said I probably have a better time and stand a better chance then someone who knows less than I do. I don't invest in stocks. It's gambling. Business is a gamble as well but at least you can control many things and improve your odds.