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how do you go about investing in stocks?

September 25th, 2009 | | | 10 Comments | |

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never invested before
what are ins and outs and can i buy stocks online?

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10 Responses to “how do you go about investing in stocks?”

  1. piet lul Says:
     September 25th, 2009 at 9:03 pm

    you open a account with a stock broker and put in a order.

  2. Frank Castle Says:
     September 25th, 2009 at 9:03 pm

    Open a brokerage account at Zecco.

  3. derobake Says:
     September 25th, 2009 at 9:03 pm

    You will want to spend some time reading introductory material for investing. If you skip this and move ahead without proper knowledge, you are likely to wind up losing your money or missing the returns that the general market will bring. You are going to want to get a basic understanding of stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. Here are 4 sources that can help:

    1) Book: Mutual Funds for Dummies, by Eric Tyson. My most recommended book for beginners. The version from a few years back, which is still relevant, can be purchased used on Amazon for 99 cents.

    2) Book: The Boglehead’s Guide to Investing

    3) My free downloadable book at http://www.invest-for-retirement.com... . In particular, chapters 19 and 23 are the most important.

    4) http://www.investopedia.com has all sorts of free tutorials. Great free site for beginners.

    Learn about the subjects of asset allocation and costs. Those are the two important aspects of investing.

  4. stockmarket guy Says:
     September 25th, 2009 at 9:03 pm

    there is so much information out there…you will get overloaded.

    My advice with opening a brokerage account is to search the brokers that have a paper trading account. Two that I know of are http://www.optionsxpress.com and http://www.thinkorswim.com you can open an account with these brokers without a deposit of any cash.

    The next thing is to work out what type of strategy you wish to use for investing…for example, long term investing, short term trading, etf’s..etc and paper trade that strategy until you get the hang of it

    I have a free ebook that will help, you can download from my site, if you are interested

    http://www.sharemarketinvestments.com

    If there is anything else you need, send me an email

  5. Jonathan Harry Says:
     September 25th, 2009 at 9:03 pm

    You can try this site. Their ebook will guide you step-by-step, telling you which are the better online trading stock company to engage in. In addition, they will give you stock tips which are always spot-on. You will not be disappointed.

    http://hubpages.com/hub/Doubling_Stocks_An_Easy_Way_to_Make_Money

  6. BigBen Says:
     September 25th, 2009 at 9:03 pm

    of course you can. that will save your money. besides, maybe you are looking for this site:
    http://www.stock-investment-made-easy.com/

  7. AFRICANMAN Says:
     September 25th, 2009 at 9:03 pm

    try scottrade.com. its $7 a trade, regardless of how much stocks u r buying.

  8. Ely C Says:
     September 25th, 2009 at 9:03 pm

    With stocks you’ll be dealing with about 28,000 corporations. And your leverage is 50% for every share and if you lose you cover for it right away with your broker and you also pay your fees.
    With Forex, you will have a better leverage and you pay no broker fees.
    May I suggest that you consider Currency Trading.
    Most of the time you will only deal with six major currencies, and it is so simple to trade. And you have total control of your positions with the click of your mouse.
    Please visit this website:
    http://www.MyForexMarketingSystem.com/12345

    Please read and analyze the presentation very carefully, and if you’ll like what you see and comprehend, then please go for it.

    I wish you happy trading and good fortune.

  9. Chad Says:
     September 25th, 2009 at 9:03 pm

    Investing in "individual" stocks takes a lot of knowledge and practice; so I would not suggest doing this until you understand completely how the stock markets work.

    Vanguard.com is ideal for long term investors who want to learn about mutual funds, index funds, and exchange-traded-funds (ETFs). Trading funds is less risky than trying to trade "individual" stocks.

    You can buy stocks through a wide variety of online brokers. Their commission and services will very greatly it just depends how much you are looking for through your broker. I have used Scottrade.com for quite sometime with no complaints.

    The websites below all contain plenty of FREE information to get you started in the right direction.

  10. Marcus Thomson Says:
     September 25th, 2009 at 9:03 pm

    I would not recomend any one or two stocks to invest due to risk if that particular company to have a problem not directly related to the market such as a lawsuit (e.i. Microsoft or Philip Morris) or a company going bankrupt (hmmm… anyone heard of Enron?)

    When you invest in mutual funds, you have a professional money management team that picks which stocks and bonds to invest in depending on the objective strategy of the fund. If you only had $25/month to invest, you would be limited to buying one fund. Since you have more, your strategy would be to diversify among different types of funds (e.i. Growth, Value, Foriegn Stocks and Bonds).

    Real estate, science, technology, health, foreign stocks,… you name it and there are mutual funds to help you in the direction you desire.

    Are you ready to start? Would you like more information? Let me know. -Marcus marcuskthomson@yahoo.com

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