[Eamonn]

I know what its like.

Business can be so frustrating. I've had a fair few of my own companies in the past. I'm not one of these fake boaster people who claims to earn hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. Ive made very little. actually the pure buzz of making just a small about of profit even if it is only $100-$200 in 3 months is what keeps me going rather than the pure money its self.

2 Years Ago in a school math's project we had to pretend to invest $5,000 into each of 3 companies on the FTSE 100 (index of 100 leading UK shares). ($15,000 total fictional investment) and see how much return (or loss) we made. Most people just picked companies they knew not doing any research and ended up loosing money. I did a lot of research into the companies current projects, promotions and track records and chose 3 companies previously I had never head of in just 7 trading days, the $15,000 had become $15,847. Doesn't Sound Much. But if i had invested say $1,500,000 (x100) i would have made $84,700 in just 9 days. I soon realized I had a nack for this game and started running my own mock investments. After refining my techniques i became very good. No I didn't win them all no one does that's business. But overall I cut good profits.

The Point is i would love to do this for real however I just don't have the capital. In order to do this independently i would need a good $250,000 to start up to make it worth while. On the train to the London stock exchange + lunch in central London would cost about $100/day x 5 days a week. So I would need to be doing big size investing to cover my costs. It just frustrates me I cant scramble together an where near enough start up money.