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rmgbbb | I would like to invest in stocks? How do I get started? |
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Joe
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First, I would make sure you have at least 3 months salary saved up in the bank or in a money market fund for an emergency fund. (Some people say 6 months.) Financial disasters like getting layed off or sick happen to all of us.
Second, I would pay off all high interest debt. Pay off everything you can except the house mortgage and student loans. Paying off debt is one of the best investments you can make. You will have more money in the future because you won't have credit card bills to pay.
Third, if you have money left, start investing in stocks, bonds, and money market funds. You want to buy a diversified portfolio of stocks, as individual stocks are too risky. For most folks this means buying mutual funds. I like Vanguard.com, other people like Fidelity, TIAA-CREF, and DFA. Buy no-load, low cost funds. If you are like most people you will invest part of your money conservatively, in money market funds and bond funds, and part aggressively in stock funds. Vanguard.com has an on-line questionnaire which will give you an idea how aggressive you want to be.
Investing in a mutual fund IRA for retirement may give you an income tax break. Talk to your tax adviser. You may also be able to invest in a stock mutual fund via a 401K plan at work. Buying a house instead of renting will make you a lot of money in the long run.
Believing advice you get on Yahoo answers can be risky, so read these websites for further information. If you find it too confusing, contact a professional financial advisor. They will charge you significant commissions, however. |
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OPM
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As a professional investor, I recommend you stay away from anything you don't already understand. I also teach investing at the University level. Your level of knowledge is enough to get you into a financial bind without meaning to.
If you have money to invest, go to Edward Jones. I send all non-clients there. I don't do retail work. Although they are not the hottest or the best, they are highly ethical and monitor their employees for quality of work. They should place your investments in an appropriate place and help you make the necessary decisions.
If you do not select Edward Jones, find fee only investment advisors. If you have an accountant, they should be able to help you find one. It is very important that they only make money from fee income. Although this contradicts what I am saying about going to Edward Jones, which is a brokerage firm, most places don't have alot of fee only advisors. A fee only advisor places themselves in the same boat as you. What happens to you happens to their future fees.
Finally, you need to read. You need to read alot. A good starting book on stocks is "The Intelligent Investor," by Benjamin Graham. You should be able to find it at any bookstore of size, such as a Books A Million or a Barnes and Noble. You can of course find it on Amazon. Also, the "Dummies," books are quite good on this. Also, "Everyone's Money Book," is very large and extensive but quite good. I disagree with the book on particular points, but it is more of professional disagreements where professionals can differ more than a disagreement on substance. |
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Frank Castle
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Open a brokerage account at Scottrade in less than 15 minutes with at least $500.00
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muncie birder
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After reading the previous 9 answers, I decided that I just had to add my two cents worth. And that is probably what it worth.
Step 1. Go to the library and check out a couple of books on investing in stocks. One on fundamental investing and one on technical investing.
Step 2. Open an on line brokerage accout or visit a local stock broker and open an account there. Personally, I recommend an on line broker for a couple of reasons.
a) the broker commissions are lower
b) some have better research material and you need to do research. Personally, I think Fidelity has great research material. They are a little more expensive but not much and the amount of research material they provide is probably worth it. TD Waterhouse also has research material, but not as extensive as Fidelity. They do have cheaper commissions. I have accounts at both. I am not familiar with the other on line brokers. I have had accounts with local broker firms and I can tell you from experience they are not in any way worth the money. The only time they will call you is when they have something they want to unload on you. And unload is the proper term. Their research is pathetic. They concentrate their resources on the fat cats, and you are not one of them.
Once you are ready to go, you need to decide what it is you want to invest in. Remember this. ALL INVESTMENTS HAVE RISK.
There is the risk that you will pick another Enron and there is risk that the market will loose 50% of its value or 70%. If you don't believe me, check out the crash of 29, the internet booble, the crash of 72, the crash of 87.
In my opinion, the secret to success is to avoid the hot stocks. They almost inevitably are tomarrows loosers. Make sure that you are diversified--not all your eggs in one basket. Some investors have made fortunes by putting all of their eggs in one basket, but it is like betting on a 20-1 long shot at the horse track. Unless you have inside information you have a better than 50% chance to come out on the loosing end.
Of course when you first start out, it is real difficult to diversify. In fact almost impossible unless you buy a mutual fund. That is a problem. And it is never addressed. If you can not diversify and you do not wish to loose most of your money stick to investment grade stocks--stocks that have been around for a while, pay a dividend (preferrably and increasing dividend) and are a major participant in their market and have a record of increasing earnings. |
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meroelfeky
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hey man ...
1st of all go to brokerage firm
search about comfortable broker u like ...
tel him what u wanna clearly and tell him about ur finance and ur money ..
listen to his advices and think about it ...
then u can read in technical analysis it will give u all help u wanna ...
if u wanna any help from me
iam teaching stock market but not in states iam in egypt
i will give u what u need and send u many materials that u wanna
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Neil
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Start by re-considering your decision to invest in stocks.
You should not invest in stocks. |
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Best-Of-Enemies
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You need to set up an account with a stock broker or online with a service like TD Ameritrade.
You will link your stock account to a bank account.
Then do your own research or use the broker/online information.
TD gives you a lot of free research for example. |
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subbu
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Go to tutorials in sharekhan.com |
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tliuall
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Open an account with Sharebuilder.com.
BUY AND HOLD
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XOM with 2% yield to cover the engergy segment
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MSFT with 2% yield to cover software. |
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Jared F
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I agree with the point that you should start by reconsidering the decision to invest in stocks. Usually people who invest in stocks lose significant parts of their investments - it's an all-my-eggs-in-one-or-two baskets approach. You're competing with pros. Unless you have money you can afford to lose, and especially as a beginner, avoid stocks.
Instead, consider mutual funds. Mutual funds buy a large number of stocks and there by automatically diversify your portfolio holdings. You can get mutual funds that charge nearly zero fees. Mutual funds are also managed by professionals, but statistics show that the most reliable approach is to get an index fund (like a Vanguard Index fund).
I also suggest before investing your money, you go to Barnes and Noble and read. I suggest starting with any book by jeremy siegel.
Email me with any questions. Best wishes!
Jared |
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jduck1979
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First thing to do is open up an account at Sharebuilder.com (cheaper than anywhere else)...... while that's being processed, do some research in order to get to know how everything works on the stockmarket - just jumping in & buying shares at random is an absolute guaranteed way to loose a small fortune.
To get the ball rolling, I suggest researching these companies and adding them to a practise portfolio on Yahoo finance:
Anheuser-Busch (BUD)
Walmart (WMT)
Canadian Pacific (CP.)
Union Pacific (UNP)
Honda (HMC) +
Toyota (TM.)
Also visit Fool.com + Investopedia (among other places, which I'll provide links to once I've finished wittering on in this answer box). Another think that's liable to help you learn is reading about "value investing" + reading the life story of legendary investor Warren Buffet. |
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subpennyradio
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Wow, this is the best thread I've found so far today. Just signed up today to see what this was about.
Hats off to the professional traders and the educators. All great information. To my surprise no one has yet mentioned paper trading!! Wow. What is paper trading?? In my opinion its the most valuable and essential part of anyone's trading/investing education. Why? This is where you learn to practice and develop your own style of investing/trading without risking your capital. I personally recommend people paper trade 3-6months minimum before jumping into any market regardless of style.
Remember NEVER get greedy and ALWAYS respect the markets. Do you own DD and develop your own style, develop patience and discipline, and never give your money to someone else to invest... especially brokers! Brokers are all about the commissions/kick backs and will see you the product that will give THEM the biggest return not you. Check us out at subpennyradio.com! |
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drfd1
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set up an account with someone like Fidelity. |
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