OK here's some great stock market investment advice Brit Method - earn it slowly. The most time tested way to earn money over a period of time is to invest in solid non-speculative portfolio. This portfolio should be intelligently diversified between blue chips and investment grade bonds. Doing this won't earn you mountains of cash overnight but it will eventually over time.Another thing you can do is - buy when everyone is getting out. The stock price of great companies will fall when fickle investors sell.
If you are brave enough this is when you should buy, there will always be times when quality stocks have become oversold and if you have done your homework these times represent an excellent opportunity for making money. When looking out for oversold stock use the P/E ratio and book value of the company to guide you. These indicators will show you how the company is really doing.Thirdly, there are slow ways and fast ways to make money. If large amounts of risk are not your thing then you should try your hand at investing in bonds. The best bonds to buy are zero coupon bonds because they cost less than regular bonds and do not have the reinvestment risk of standard bonds.