How can i learn to trade or to invest on the stock market?

Question

is there any type of class i can take to learn the way to manage an account or to show me how to invest and trade online

Answer 1

Any college or university that offers a finance degree should have an Investments class.  One advantage of going to a college/university is that the professor there will have no vested interest in selling you anything so you'll get objective advice rather than a sales pitch.

Answer 2

yahoo finance is a great place to start also investopedia is great.

Answer 3

Look at the 'Learn' section on this site, https://www.share.com/. Once you have some "know how" you can try using the practice account before investing your own money.

https://www.share.com/webp/practice_acco...

Answer 4

I can teach u all u need to know on how to make money in the stock market? e-mail me  [e-mail]

I will take u step by step on how to buy these stocks at one price and sell them higher.

I will also teach u how to go short on stocks and make money as well.

U don't need to talk to anyone else.

Answer 5

http://investopedia.com and read the tutorials and articles on trading or investing. And while you are reading up on those, open a virtual trading account with http://updown.com and buy and sell stocks and see if you can make a profit.

It is important that you keep a trading journal while you are learning how to trade.

good luck!

Answer 6

There are no classes in the academic world that properly prepares anyone for investing properly.

You will have to educate yourself so start your education by learning why you should invest and the importance of being able to make your own decisions or how the pro’s make theirs.

Here is some reading material that can get you started in the right direction, The first book you should read is Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki

Then try some of these

What Works on Wall Street by James O'Shaunessey

Beating the Street by Peter Lynch

One Up on Wall Street by Peter Lynch

The Warren Buffett Way by Robert Hagstrom

How to Make Money in Stocks” and 24 Essential Lessons for Investment Success both by  William O’Neil

Get into the habit of making daily visits to some websites like MSN Money and Yahoo Finance.  (http://moneycentral.msn.com/home.asp http://finance.yahoo.com/ )

While at MSN following the strategy lab analysts to get a feel for what the pros are doing and why.  This site has some basic information for beginners.

Other website that can provide instructions and help with procedures and terminology are Investopedia - http://www.investopedia.com/  Stock Charts - http://stockcharts.com/

http://www.investorshub.com/  http://www.1source4stocks.com/



Visit some of the more professional websites like Zacks - http://www.zacks.com/ Smart Money - http://www.smartmoney.com/  Schaeffer’s – http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/

Some of these web sites will have advertisers who are worth looking into also.  

Don't worry about trading on-line, there's absolutely no diffierence on-line of off-line.  Trading is trading.