The document details Ainsley's experience learning about and investing in the stock market. It describes their initial random stock picking approach, then slowly learning to pay attention to trends and news reports but still not feeling confident. Key lessons included paying attention to news, researching stocks, and using stop losses, but also not getting greedy and knowing when to sell. The best trade of a stock called RIO became the worst when Ainsley didn't sell after making profits and ended up losing more than they gained. The overall lesson was not to try managing investments alone without sufficient experience or expertise.

1. Ainsley’s Foolproof Guide of . . .

2. A Learning Curve
 Starting this game, I knew very little
about the stock market or investing
 At first, I just picked stocks at random
 Obviously, this didn’t always work
 Slowly, I learned to pay attention to
trends and news reports
 This helped a little bit, but I still would
not call myself a financial guru anytime
soon

3. The Rights and Wrongs
 RIGHT:
 Paid attention to
news reports and
made predictions
(not always good
ones)
 Researched stocks
before buying (after
learning the hard
way)
 WRONGS:
 Got greedy, didn’t
know when to sell
 Did not use stop
loss feature,
definitely should
have
 Too passive in
portfolio
management

4. We’re All Animals
 I was 100% an
ostrich
 I invested, and
promptly stuck my
head in the sand
forevermore

5. A Performance Snapshot
Current Portfolio Current Account Value
$245,196.80

6. My Abysmal Trading History
$240,000.00
$242,000.00
$244,000.00
$246,000.00
$248,000.00
$250,000.00
$252,000.00
$254,000.00
$256,000.00
Account Value

7. The Best of the Best…and the
Worst
 My best trade was also my worst one

8. The Unfortunate Tale of RIO
$3.47
$3.76
$2.40

9. THE BEST
 RIO was the best trade I made because
of the money I WAS making off of it
 Read a news report and made a correct
prediction
 AND THEN….

10. THE WORST
 Then, after making nearly $4,000, I
made the choice not to sell
 And now I am losing over $7,000 dollars
 I let my greed get the better of me and
lost everything and then some

11. Lessons Learned
 Don’t be a pig, know when to sell
 One rarely gets lucky in the stock market
 Patience really is a virtue
 Personal investing is very time consuming
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY . . .

12. I learned I will never, ever
manage my own money.