Want to invest stock?

can i just buy some stock online? and watch it grow online without reading the newspaper? lol i don't know anything about stock.. :)
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i want to invest in stock? is the question

You should invest in a diversified mix of stocks, bonds, and money market funds. You want to buy a diversified portfolio of stocks as individual stocks are too risky. Most folks have a dificult time buying a properly balanced portfolio of stocks on their own. They will misbalance their portfoilio by buying all small stocks or all growth stocks, or someother misbalanced assortment of stocks. Unless you know what you are doing, it is best to buy 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 aggressively in stock funds, and part conservatively in money market funds and bond funds. Vanguard.com has an on-line questionnaire which will give you an idea of how to do "Asset Allocation," determining how much to put in each type of fund.

If your company offers a 401K plan at work, try to invest the most you can. The money grows tax free, and some companies will match your contribution. Investing in a mutual fund IRA is also a good idea. If you have children, you may want to consider a 529 plan or other college savings plan that grows tax free.

I like index funds. Because of their broad diversification, you are less likely to have a dramatic drop in value. They also have the lowest expenses. For stock funds, I would suggest putting ~70-80% of your money in the Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund. and ~20-30% in a foreign stock index fund. However, there are many different opinions out there on what the best mutual funds are. Read the links below and form your own opinion

If you have high-interest debt, like credit cards, it is best to pay this off first before trying most of the investment ideas above. You should also have 3-6 months of salary saved up as an emergency fund in a bank or money market fund before trying more risky investments.

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.

Sources:

http://www.vanguard.com/VGApp/hnw/planningeducation
http://www.fool.com/school.htm
http://sec.gov/investor/pubs/assetallocation.htm
http://www.diehards.org/readsites.htm
http://finance.yahoo.com/education/begin_investing
http://finance.yahoo.com/funds/basics

Asset Allocation Calculators
(Determining how much to put in stocks and how much into bonds and money markets is a personal decision depending on your financial status. These Asset Allocation questionaires give you a rough idea how to do this. I like Vanguard best, but try some of the other sites as well.)
https://flagship.vanguard.com/VGApp/hnw/FundsInvQuestionnaire?cbdInitTransUrl=https%3A//flagship.vanguard.com/VGApp/hnw/planningeducation/education
https://ais2.tiaa-cref.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects.exe/DTAssetAlcEval
http://www.ifa.com/SurveyNET/index.aspx

Web forum: http://www.diehards.org/
(Many investment web forums are overrun by scam artists. This one seems the most legitimate site.)

529 plans: http://www.savingforcollege.com

You can go to a company like Scottrade and open an account which will allow you to trade online. There is a flat rate each time you buy of $7 and when you sell $7. No hidden fees and all you need is $500 to start an account. So you could buy as many shares as you want in a particular stock and sell it 6 months or 10 years down the road if you wanted, it would be up to you.

Save yourself the grief and the expense and consider putting your money in a no load mutual fund. Knowing nothing about stock it is best to leave it to the professionals.

Do a search on no load mutual funds.

I hope that this helps

You need to open a brokerage account. You will need to transfer money to it in order to buy stocks. The value of stocks fluctuate a lot so you can never be sure what you paid for a stock until after the fact. You can estimate it.
You will need to fill out forms before you can invest.
There are fees to buy and sell stock. You should take those into consideration because they can erode any profits you make.

read the following books to learn how.

1) the intelligent investor
2) security analysis

educate yourself first, this is no kids game.

Any brokerage firms these days will allow you to track your stock online. Newspaper is out since it doesn't give you real-time info, use the tools provided by your brokerage firm or just use finance.yahoo.

If you don't know anything about stocks I'd suggest you learn more about them before you jump in. It is not a game of gamble as it takes knowledge and analysis to invest in a safe and smart way.

Of course, some people gamble on it and got lucky =P but I don't encourage you to gamble on the stock market

I own a great deal of stock in many different companies. My advice to you would be to open an account with a reputable Broker.

Yes you can. Just go to an online broker. Open an account and you can start trading. They keep track of everything so you wouldn't have to look at a newspaper at all.

Open a brokerage account at Zecco and I will help you for FREE. (I am a Portfolio Manager)

You don't need to read the newspapers.

Just buy at least one Wal-Mart share each week and you will die with millions.

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