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pocketfulofsunshine | Getting started in stocks? |
I am interested in getting involved in stocks. However, I have no idea where to get started. Any help is appreciated! |
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wulirob83
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First off, great for you. I got involved in stocks about a year ago and made some decent money already.
I went into Ameritrade at www.ameritrade.com. These kind of sites are friendly to both the bigging and the experienced trader. But shop around and look at the different prices per trade and the cost of opening an account. Mine costs $9.99 per trade and I needed $500 to open the account. Some sites won't advertise the minimum needed until you are in the sign-up process.
Just make sure that any and all money you put into your account is expendable meaning consider it gone forever. That way if you make money It's still a good thing but if you loose all of it, you already were prepared for it. There are of course less risky investments than others but there is no such thing as a sure thing.
Also try and diversify your portfolio, meaning invest in a wide range of things from technology to mutual funds, to retail, and so on. This will help negate any heavy fluctuations in any one specific market.
And most importantly, research before you invest. I like Ameritrade because it gives you news articles about the company regardless if it is good or bad. Go to the company web site and check them out, see what they are into. Do a goo... er a yahoo search on them and see if you can find any dirt on the company. Look at their history and remember to have fun with it.
Investing in the market can be very exciting but when it dips down, don't loose hope and sell everything. Longterm investments are almost always the most successful. I had my stocks for just over a year now and earned over $100 (started at $500 and had $40 of trading fees and I'm at $604 now) and the last two months the market has been going down.
Anyway, hope this helps and remember to have fun with it. |
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src50
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Read "Investing For Dummies." |
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ManOfTheHour
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Go to the library and read about how the markets work and how to value a company. These are the basics. |
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Joe 64
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The best way to get started in stocks is to be patient, and start a DRP (Dividend Reinvestment Plan) plan , this is where you invest in companies that have a stock plan that small investors can participate in, with no commission. Many big American companies have a plan like this Exxon Mobil, McDonalds and companies like that. Just do a search and you will find plenty of information. Stay away from Brokers they will just make you "Broker". |
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bender0569us
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http://www.tdameritrade.com/offer/independence.html?a=pqm&referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fhl%3Denq%3DameritradebtnG%3DGoogle%2BSearch |
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KB
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Get a basic book or two that explains the market and terms. I recommend "Wall Street Lingo" which is more of a readable dictionary style. I also like "Standard & Poor's Guide to Money and Investing" for very basic stuff.
Then set aside a little money that you can afford to loose if all fails. Open an online account that doesn't charge a lot per trade, like etrade or sharebuilder. And then you need to start playing around. In order to invest effectively in individual stocks, you have to follow the news religiously. This is hard for a lot of people simply because of lack of time, so you may want to start investing in index funds to being with. |
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Eric J
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I suggest you open a mock account without real cash, you invest in different industries to minize your risk.
Obvious suggestions for your porftolio:
-Pharma
-Tobacco
-Weapons
-Consumer Products (daily use)
-IT
-Financial
Decide if you want to go Short-term, Short-term, High risk - high gain, low risk -low gain... etc.
However now futures are much cooler than stocks..
Futures in oil, gold and anything else that will obviously increase in scarcity/value |
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♫ Sweet Honesty ♫
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Unless you're really smart and savvy, I would invest mostly in mutual funds. You can still try out individual company stocks, but don't gamble with all of your money. Mutual fund company brokers are paid lots of money to know what they're doing. |
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Donald B
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A few things that may help you.
About 75% of all mutual funds under perform the market. All of them have management fees, and some have sales loads. There are still good mutual funds available, but there are better options in my opinion.
ETF's are basically the same things as mutual funds, with an average overall lower fee rate.
The best investment, in my opinion, for new investors is a DRIP Plan.
They are seldom talked about because brokers make very little money when they suggest them. Yet, they have proven to be one of the best, if not the best, long-term strategy on Wall Street.
The best part is you get solid annual returns from well-known, safe Blue Chip companies like: McDonalds, General Electric, Pfizer, Walmart, US Bancorp.......etc........
They are inexpensive to start and maintain, and your dividends are reinvested for free.
They are perfect for small investors, as well as big investors. They are safe and allow you to not care about whether the market is going up or down.
Check with your parents before taking anyone advice. |
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Ya-sai
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First I would start to read the Financial papers. Subscribe to a good financial paper and read a little from it every day. You will become familiar with vocabulary/ business people/businesses etc. These papers always have a stock list with the name of the stock, the price and if it has gone up or down. Look at that over a period of 3 months or so and you have an idea what is popular and what is not.
Before you invest money, you have to say to yourself, if I lose all of it, would I care. If your answer is, no. Start buying stock. If your answer is, yes. Do not buy stock.
If you want to buy stock, go to a securities company and talk to someone or telephone and talk to someone.
If you are a small buyer, remember the stock company takes a percentage of your profit and there is tax to pay, so you wouldn't make a fortune |
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The Chess Player
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First advice. NOT NOW. the stocks are expected to go down till the last quarter because of the subprime crisis. It has gone down drastically the past few months unfortuantely it has not reach rock bottom.
2nd if you are new start with a trust fund or a common fund where stocks are pooled even then now is not a great time.
3rd if you want to take the risk because the stocks are really low now (but may still get lower) only invest your extrasavings not your main savings
4th listen and read more, read the business page of a paper or watch Bloomberg on TV you will learn a lot
5th get a good broker who will explain everything to you including the risk involved |
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itsmeee
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I work in the stock market and here is what i recommend:
1) to deal in stocks you must find yourself a broker. look them up in the phonebook or google one in your area. you can only deal with stocks through an authorised broker.
2) you will discuss with them what you want out of investing in stocks. is it capital growth or income? how long do you want to invest for? how much can you afford? tax and saving strategies etc.
3) the answers you give will determine what areas and what kind of stocks the broker will recommend to invest. you must understand the concept of risk. if you don't want to lose too much go for low risk stocks. if you don't mind gambling a bit go for medium to high risk stocks. "high risk, greater return" as they say.
4) since you are not familiar with stocks etc the broker will run your portfolio for you and let u know how much its worth at different stages of the year.
5) Do some reading - i.e. business pages of the newspaper to find out how the economy is doing and what areas are booming, buy books etc. If after a while you want more control on what the broker invests in you can discuss it with them and make a decision after they've given you advice etc.
Right now, since you're a beginner, all you need to think about is how much you can afford to invest and what you want out of it - income, capital growth or both? |
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Joe
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Get some cash. You will probably need at least $200-$5,000 to get started. While you are saving the cash research stocks, look at trends, figure out which company sounds good to you. Do not buy stocks when they recieve a buy rating (typically people put buy ratings on stocks cause they want to sell them when the stock is going to go for a downturn) but if a stock is stable with a buy rating feel free to purchase.
Get a broker, or make an account with an online brokerage firm. I use Scottrade.
Buy stocks you like and that is how you buy stocks.
To make things easier you may want to just invest in mutual funds. Much easier to diversify |
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kittygirl
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look up some stuff online and then u can get into stocks. |
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MM
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I've answered this question before, including many Best Answers. To save repeated typing, I compiled my answers here:
http://commonsensetrading.googlepages.com |
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Queen Of All Games
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buy google stocks i have had them for 4 years now and i made like 6 times my money |
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