My First step into Stock Markets

Well,Stock is a buzz word that raised lot of curiosity in my mind when I was in my college days.I stayed on a rented house in those days and used to go to a mess
nearby my place for food.Owner of the mess was a good friend of mine and we used
to discuss a lot about Politics, Movies and current affairs. One day when I was
having my dinner,he asked me to read the India Today's issue of that week.I was an avid reader those days and used to read whatever attracted my mind.It was about Reliance Industries and its Bifurcation among its brothers after the demise of Dhirubhai Ambani.That was the time he spoke to me about his experience in buying and selling stocks.He informed about the relaince shares he held and sold it off for profits.I asked him silly questions like why you did not hold it for long-run,how can we buy stocks,how much money we need?
He patiently answered all the questions and still I can not understand what is a stock mean?

The above incident happened way back in 2004.Later I graduated out and came to Chennai for taking up a job in Software.One of my close friends was also interested in buying stocks and he shared the same view of mine.He did not know where to begin with.We went to a Broker office in GN Shetty road and had a detailed discussion about the intricacies of investing in stocks.Somehow we didnot push it forward for opening a DEMAT account.Here the buzz word is "DEMAT".

Later he went to Bangalore and opened an account for himself and started buying stocks.In my office,several of my friends started buying shares for themselves and made some money.I got introduced to a guy working in my office and he helped in opening a DEMAT account.

So,this is how I strode into the stock market.This is the place where my exciting journey started and I never expected I would get a free roller-coaster ride every single day.Yes,whatever adventurous game we play in resort,theme-parks are no way closer to the excitement that we enjoy in the stock market.On the flip side,no disappointment is as frustrating as this one.