5 ways to lose money in stocks

1. Buy IPOs on the first day of trading, off the market
2. Buy S-Chips that have small market capitalization and look like "deep value"
3. Buy companies that you read in a forum somewhere, that "the BBs are pushing up"
4. Buy a stock because you heard that a famous investor just bought a stake into the company
5. Buy a stock because 14 analysts covering all say that it is a "Buy" with potential on the upside