Well, I don't really know the stockholm stock exchange. The reason is simple, I can only buy shares listed in the Euro zone. I'm doing some trading for own account during my spare time, but it's rather difficult. Last year I have earnt some money till september. I had no losing trade. And because of only one trade, I finally ended up as a loser. Well, at the beginning of this year I earnt some money that exceeds last year's loss.
I worked for some time in finance, and I know that for 95% of the non professionals, the only winner is the broker. The stock market is practically a zero-sum game. If someone wins, another one loses. Not entirely though, there are dividends. I avoid the "weak markets", for example the Spanish or the Portuguese markets. In 2014 I had bought some stocks of Banco Santo Espirito, roughly 4000 euros, fortunately I sold before the suspension and the bankruptcy. 2 weeks before the management was reassuring about the health of this bank.
As for the stockholm market, a quick glance at those websites makes me think that this market is a bit expensive compared to the other ones in Europe. However, there are good dividends. The question is: are they sustainable, and I don't know the answer. In any case, I would avoid the investments on the Dow jones and the Nikkei.
http://www.starcapital.de/research/stockmarketvaluationhttp://www.nasdaqomxnordic.com/aktier/listed-companies/stockholmFor example, 2 days ago, I was looking at the stock EDF. Its trend is clearly bearish but there is an interesting dividend (8%).
http://www.boursorama.com/cours.phtml?symbole=1rPEDFBecause of its involvement in the Areva case (Areva, world leader in nuclear energy, is on the brink of bankruptcy:
http://www.wsj.com/articles/french-government-to-pour-cash-into-beleaguered-areva-1433352569), EDF just announced it was going to revalue its assets, include asset impairments charge in its results, and reduce the dividends. In these conditions, I think that the stock will keep sliding.
