I want to learn a little about investments?

I want to know what type of investments would be the easiest to maintain and the cheapest to start.

Beware Mr. Success above...promises like that are too good to be true and they are. Good advice to read Rich Dad Poor Dad and Investing for Dummies. they are good primers for a novice. And go slowly. there is no reason to rush into the market. I would also suggest you use a mutual fund company like Vanguard to do your investing. You can buy their funds or other company funds or individual stocks online for low fees and with confidence. They are a reputable company.

most brokerage firms like (charles schwab) charge per trade, and they have yearlt fees to keep the account.
start with 500 and pick some mutual funds.

or, go to your bank and open up a certiciate of deposit, or CD.

You should know the meaning of mutual funds, before you choose to invest in mutual funds. These funds are a type of security that can be traded on the stock market, allowing shareholders to buy and sell shares in the funds. The revenue generated by purchase of shares is used by mutual fund manager to buy more shares of specific stocks, bonds, and other market securities and money market instruments.

Since the prices of the stocks, bonds, and other securities held by the mutual fund vary, the value of the fund changes. The average value of every share of the mutual fund is fixed daily based on the total value of the underlying securities held by the fund.

This involves the shareholders of a mutual fund directly with their investment as against those who just buy individual securities and observe as the prices fluctuate.

The easiest to maintain and least expensive to start is a DRIP Plan in my opinion.

They are seldom recommended by brokers due to the low rate of commissions received. However, these
reinvestment plans can be very powerful long-term investments. Studies have shown that DRIP's are one of
the best strategies on Wall Street.

They are inexpensive and easy to start. New investors to the stock market should definitely consider a DRIP Plan.

Companies like Toyota, Royal Canadian Bank, Sony, Bank of America, General Electric and many other Blue Chip
Stocks can be purchased through your DRIP Plan, with as little as 1 share in most cases.

These long-term plans are great for beginners as well as veterans. Check them out.

Best of Luck

Hello,

I also had a similair problem as you have.
I had a good amount of money, and wanted it to grow.
So I looked around on the internet to find something that is:
1) giving me great returns towards a relatively small risk

2) Professional people who know what they where doing with my money.

I'm glad to say I finally found a moneymanager who is capable of giving me good returns and give me a great support.
On this blog you can follow up all the results that he is making:
http://my-robottrader.blogspot.com/

My money is working for me, in three months time I already have a ROI of 97%.
So you don't hear me complaining!
Annyway if you would like to get in touch with my moneymanager to have some more information feel free to contact me you can send an email to me at derrekmay at gmail.com.
Then I'll give you the email adress of my moneymanager

Hope this has helped you!

Go to the library and start reading. There are many books on the topic. Making money on investments is a process, and it requires you know what you are doing. If you don't, chances are excellent you'll lose.

"Investing For Dummies" is a great starter book.

In the beginning ā€newbieā€¯ traders and investors DO NOT INVEST THE FIRST cent or dollar. No amount of money.

In the beginning you LEARN HOW:
A] the stock market works.

B] to invest in many, many various ways.

C] to properly trade

D] many other concepts and aspects.

Beginning or novice ['newbies"] investors and traders ALWAYS make mistakes. In fact, throughout a person's avocation or hobby to do trading, he/she will make mistakes.

In the very beginning, you READ AND LEARN about the market and how it works:
Read "Investing for Dummies"
As you are reading and doing research about the investments you are interested in, sometimes you'll come across a financial or investment term you never heard before.

You can usually find excellent, easy-to-understand definitions of many financial and investment terms by going to Investopediaā€™s dictionary.

http://investopedia.com is a free site. Itā€™s recognized by Y! A as a "Featured Knowledge Partner".

It probably wonā€™t be long when youā€™ll feel youā€™re ready to invest your hard-earned money. Before taking that step, you really should do research about what you are investing in. It also has a free, paper trading platform. You can set up a virtual account and almost trade as though you were trading with real money.

http://finance.yahoo.com is also recognized by Y! A as a "Featured Knowledge Partner"
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The thought processes are:
1] to have more successful trades than failing trades.
2] to minimize the losses of those losing trades.
3] "To live to trade another day." Having enough money in the trading account to return to the market.

ALL this is accomplished by a few true expressions used on Wall Street:
Some trading expressions come to mind:
A] "On Wall Street there aren't any gifts."
No one gives anyone else anything - not even stock tips.

B] BUlls [BUyers] earn money.
BEars [SEllers] earn money.
Pigs get fat.
Hogs [Greedy Traders] get slaughtered. They lose the money in their trading accounts.

C] "Trees don't grow to Heaven. Neither do stocks or any other investments."
In other words: What goes up, MUST come down!

D] "Plan your trade. THEN trade your plan!"
Have a trading plan with rules for that plan for each strategy.

I want everyone to know I DO NOT own any portion of this manā€™s estate, nor am I associated with him or any one else connected with him in any way. I am not part of the publishing company or an agent or anything else. This man does not know me from Adam AND I donā€™t know him. I know of him and the wonderful book he wrote. THIS IS NOT SPAM.
You should buy a copy of this book:
ā€The Richest Man in Babylonā€¯ by George S. Classon. You can get the book on http://amazon.com
Its very easy to read. Its very easy to follow. You can write in it. You can make notes in it. All you have to do is to read five [5] pages - Letā€™s count
1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 pages of this book - or any book - each and every day.
OR You can leave it sit on the shelf, on a table or on the floor and let it collect dust.

Thanks for asking your Q! I enjoyed answering it!

VTY,
Ron Berue
Yes, that is my real last name!

Have you read "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" by Robert Kyosaki? If not I suggest this should be your first move. Good luck!

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