10 Aug 2021 22:58
The first investment might be to buy "The Intelligent Investor" written by Benjamin Graham. Yes, I know it is dated, yes, I know it focusses on USA and everything is $ based, but it is the principles that need to be understood. Benjamin Graham was the mentor for Warren Buffet.
Once you have read the book and understand how to read a balance sheet discovered what "intrinsic value" actually means, then you are probably far wiser than 90% of the contributors to this site. From a different perspective, understand what you want to achieve define your goals to achieve it and be prepared for the unforeseen circumstances. Of course, the extent to which they are unforeseen is dependent on the circumstance and the extent to which they were unforeseen.
Good luck. I've been at this for over 40 years and although my average return is a compound 13.5%, I don't think I have got it perfectly right with every share that I have bought. I hasten to add that nowadays I am cutting my losers earlier than in the past and running my winners longer. It is improving my overall return over the last 6 years to 18% annual compound growth. I've still got some holdings that are in the starting blocks and at least 3 that should be moved to life support!