9.5% is insanely good for beginners. Now, if you can make that a yearly gain of 9.5%, that's even better. Most banks and brokerages provide investors with only that much gain, yearly, at best.

Now, it's not the greatest you could get on the stock market (really good day traders get anywhere from 50% to 100% or more per year, but that's for the pros and risk takers), but keep at it until you can get that much :).

And, there are ways to predict if a stock will go up or down. Really accurately, too. I can't share my system, since I worked hard for it, but all I can say is, "if the banks and brokerages can figure out the algorithm, so can you".

A 9% annual gain is about average for stocks. I don't want to be a downer, but I'm guessing you got lucky with your 9.5% return. And no one ever knows for sure if a particular stock is guaranteed to go down.

If you're making more than the risk free rate, it's great. You are currently ahead of the game. But compare yourself to other stock gains you may feel inadequate.

If you had actually bought something and actually sold it a month later for 9.5% return it would be fairly good. Since you didn't, it isn't good or bad because it doesn't exist.

Not really because making 9.5% in stocks isn't equal to the 1000% or higher return on using that money if used otherwise.

Not good in India. Indian Banks give 9.5% interest for term deposit for about 2 years.

Look for 1% gain per month.

No stock is ever guaranteed to go up or down, so you do not know. As for 9.5%, yes it is good...stocks historically have average an 8% per year return. Realize also you may have just gotten lucky - the S&P 500 returned over 3% in the last month, so you outperformed the market - however, you will also have expenses.and likely at some point your returns will do what is called a return to the mean.

Yes, that's good for one month. No stock is ever guaranteed to go up or down. Watch the market, learn everything you can, and when you are older, save your money and participate in the growth of the market.

I started investing in college and have continued for 40 years, though lots of ups and some downs.

Did you allow for spreads and costs or were you calculating mid-price to mid-price as many mistaken novices do, if not then your 9.5% gross could be a loss.

Hi

I'm 16 and I started playing with a virtual stock market game last month. So far I made a 9.5% return in stocks within a month. Is this good? Also, how do you know if a stock is guaranteed to go down?

1 month means nothing.