Trying to meet a special someone and weed out the bad seeds to find that one with the most potential is a part of a journey on a way to that desirable relationship we all yearn. We encounter the good, the bad, the ugly, and the ones who simply aren't worth our time, and if we are lucky or resourceful enough, we just might, amidst all these encounters, find someone who we can consider a good investment.

That's right, the dating game, the chase, the courtship that might eventually lead to a relationship or just fizzle out along the way, the introduction of your significant other to friends and family are the necessary steps one needs to go through to make an informed decision about what you are getting into, or for that matter, who you are getting into. Relationships can be complicated and everyone is bound to make mistakes. It is a learning experience and to learn from previous mistakes and to not repeat them constitutes personal growth and healthier relationships as time progresses.

To make that right investment that will reap you the rewards you, first and foremost, need to know the tricks of the trade. The trade, of course, is the dating game, the stocks are the potential suitors and you are none other than an investor. Moreover, the most valuable commodity in dating, much like it is with money on Wall Street, is your time and effort you put into another person, and how much this other person reciprocates your effort.

So what about je ne sais quoi that makes your heart beat a little faster for that special person? Or does a path to a successful relationship need to be clinically calculated down to its smallest detail? Well, it's both. You, without a doubt, need that initial chemistry to start things off, but to advance a relationship past its initial "honeymoon" stage you need to take certain steps to ensure any kind of a future with the significant other.

Let us, then, look at the stock market to understand how the art of buying and selling shares and investing can help us move toward better and longer relationships. When first making a decision about which stock to buy, you are presented with two options: there are high-risk high-yield investments and low-risk investments that might bring you lower yields. So what do you choose? With high-risk investments, you get just that - a lucrative company or a product that you may never heard of before but that has enough potential and promise to attract a prospective buyer. Of course, there

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