When it comes to investing, there’s no shortage of theories, approaches, and ideas. Visit a bookstore or search online and you may be overwhelmed with information.

Five Smart Investing Strategies attempts to simplify the investment process. We’re going to review five strategies and show how they can help guide your approach to the financial markets.

While there is much to learn about how markets operate and function, understanding a few sound strategies may be enough to help you get started on the process.