Continuing on from last week episode of "Are you really ready to Invest?" to do the final check I am going to go over each investment type one by one.  In this week's we are looking at the first investment type. i.e.,  Stocks or Shares I will explain what are stock or shares issued by a company. I will also explain how these shares are issued and how they come about in the first place.  What I tell you in the episode is more than sufficient for you to understand what stocks are. In the future episodes we will discuss more but this general explanation of shares and why they are issued is a good starting explanation.  To understand it bit more read the blog post related to stocks and shares  https://www.beardedinvestor.com/2021/investing/basics/types-of-investments-stocks-shares/ I also have one action for you to take by next week. You can read more examples in my blog  Remember the order of the flow, however If you are new then this is the order of flow.  1. Listen to the Podcast  2. Read the blog on my website - www.beardedinvestor.com  3. Follow the plan and learn all the topics, plan it and then execute  Bearded Investor Principle  Learn - Plan - Execute Good luck