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If you invest in stocks , here are key things to understood.

  It's no secret that   investing in stocks   has been one of the best ways to accumulate wealth. Stocks, as an   asset class , tend to trounce every other investment.  Nevertheless, many investors don't seem to understand how investing in stocks works intrinsically. This causes them to become their own worst enemy as they misguidedly treat shares more akin to lottery tickets than proportional ownership in a real operating company with sales and earnings they can enjoy, some of which arrives in the form of a cash dividend. Let's take this opportunity to clear up three things you need to know before you acquire your first shares of stock.  Stocks Follow Their Earnings Over the Long-Term but Can Fluctuate Over time, a company is only worth the profit it generates for the owners. Stock market bubbles can’t last forever and even the worst economic depression comes to an end. Academics such as Dr. Jeremy Siegel have proven that most of the in...