Trading and Investing the Relaxed Way | The Lazy Trader (2024)

Social trading is a convenient way to trade in almost any asset, such as forex, crypto, and stocks. Essentially, it allows users to replicate the trades of top performing traders.

But with so many platforms on the market, it’s hard to know which one matches your specific needs. In this article, we review the best social trading platforms, while also helping you to understand what to look for.

With some platforms restricting access to US customers, the article is divided into two sections: worldwide trading platforms and US-friendly trading platforms.

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Key Takeaways

• To really take advantage of social trading, it’s important to find the best social trading platform for your specific needs.
• Before depositing funds into your preferred platform, make sure you’ve researched the pro's and con's of each platform
• Make sure you protect your hard-earned cash by only using brokers that are regulated by authorities in your jurisdiction.

Social trading is a convenient way to trade in almost any asset, such as forex, crypto, and stocks. Essentially, it allows users to replicate the trades of top performing traders.

But with so many platforms on the market, it’s hard to know which one matches your specific needs. In this article, we review the best social trading platforms, while also helping you to understand what to look for.

With some platforms restricting access to US customers, the article is divided into two sections: worldwide trading platforms and US-friendly trading platforms.

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Key Takeaways

• To really take advantage of social trading, it’s important to find the best social trading platform for your specific needs.
• Before depositing funds into your preferred platform, make sure you’ve researched the pro's and con's of each platform
• Make sure you protect your hard-earned cash by only using brokers that are regulated by authorities in your jurisdiction.

Mark Ferguson is a rare coin collector and contributor to the Rare Coin Market Report.

As an expert in this arena, Mark is well-placed to discuss just how this hobby can pay when you go about it the right way and consider it to be a solid long-term investment.

No matter whether you’re a beginner or you’ve been collecting rare coins for some time, this sensible investment idea appeals to many.

Mark has been fascinated with rare coins since childhood, and he has seen it all. There has been a revolution in the rare coin industry of late, and this is said to be down to Mark and the company he consults for.

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Key Takeaways

• If you’re looking for an alternative to stocks and shares, rare coins are ideal – they’re tangible, fun to collect, and can be worth a lot of money
• Rarity, condition, and the grade of the coin are all crucial when it comes to determining value
• Make sure that if you are having coins graded, or buying graded coins, the grading has been carried out by a professional grading company.
• Check the coins in your change - they could be worth more than you think!

Spotting undervalued stocks is a skill that many asset managers will pay a star portfolio manager a lot of money. As a result, many of the top stock pickers tend to work for a major asset manager.

Yet it is possible to work for yourself and invest in undervalued stocks a la Benjamin Graham.

One of his foremost disciples, who is today a revered investor, has never worked for any length of time in a major asset manager. Indeed, he is not based in a major financial centre but in the backwater which is Omaha Nebraska..! If this god, sorry, disciple can do it, why can’t you?

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Key Takeaways

• Understand how to objectively identify an undervalued stock so that you never pay over the odds again!
• Discover what causes stocks to become undervalued and how to determine between a bargain or one that is ‘undervalued’ for a reason
• How the slow approach often wins out when it comes to successful equities investing., long-term

Sometimes wealth can come to you out of thin air. Here are 6 unlikely ways you can inherit a fortune often from people you have never met before.

Perhaps it would have taken Luis Carlos de Noronha Cabral da Camara too long to write a will given how many times he may have had to provide a signature.

Back in the 1990s the Portuguese aristocrat decided the best way to bequest his fortune would be to look in the local telephone directory. He found 70 lucky people at random he chose to share his fortune with.

On his death in 2007 the bemused and excited people were told the good news that they were the lucky ones to inherit a fortune.

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Key Takeaways

• Be pro-active. If there is a fortune out there with literally your name on it then go out and grab it.
• Sometimes luck and wealth just falls into your lap. It’s just how the world works.
• Never discard those trinkets, jewellery or bashed old coins your Grannie or Grandad leaves you. They could be worth a fortune.
• It can often pay to seek professional help from those experienced in seeking out inheritances.

Cryptocurrency trading is attracting the attention of a new generation of investors because of the ease with which this new asset class can be traded. On some cryptocurrency exchanges, users can access the markets in minutes.

Over the past decade, it has been proven that the crypto-asset market has enormous potential to provide high returns.

That said, it should be noted that this is still a very new and extremely volatile market, which means that newcomers should be especially cautious when trading crypto currencies.

In this guide, we’ll go over the basics of trading and explain how even the beginners can exchange cryptocurrency easily and you’ll get the knowledge you need to start investing.

Key Takeaways

• Your crypto trading checklist
• Recommended platforms for buying, exchanging and selling cryptocurrencies
• Specifics beginner crypto traders should pay attention to