I want to get into the stock market but I have no idea how?

Question

I want to start investing but I have no idea where to start or what to do..please help

Answer 1

You can look at this excellent tutorial here which explains about the basics of the stock market :

Answer 2

Your readiness to get into stock market has to be appreciated due to the fact that individual investors, institutional investors and hedge funds are selling in almost all the markets at this point of time because of financial crisis and recession fears.

You need a trading account with a brokerage house for which you need to complete the formalities and provide all the required documents and information.Once your trading account is in operative mode, write a cheque and start investing and trading in stocks of your choice.

Wish you good luck.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

take some online classes or go to school. get a degree in finance or investment. if you decide not to go to school try l;ooking online www.investopedia.com they have a cool stock simulator to use.

if you want to make any money however (unless you have a spare chunk of change laying around) go to school and get a degree and work for an investement firm and spend other poeples money!

Answer 5

I´ve been investing for more than 20 years and trading for almost 14, and I can tell you that if you want to make BIG and FAST profits, I recommend you trading rather than investing, trading can help you to go from rags to rich.

If you are investing, you must have already achieved some degree of financial success, long term stock investing and FOREX can help you become much richer than you are today.

My experiences as a Nasdaq Market Maker, Head trader of several brokerage firms, and currently as a professional trader and private hedge fund manager, I can suggest you that:

We trade because we want quick, short term profits on a consistent basis. We want to cash flow the market. Milk it like a cow.

Make consistent, small, short term gains rather than trying to hit a home run on every trade. Don't ever forget that.

Don't marry a stock, marry the idea of making money trading stocks. That's the only way to do it.

For me "All stocks are equally worthless”

I don't hold on to any illusion that the stock market will continue to go up and provide a nice retirement for me.

I could care less which way the market goes. It's irrelevant to me if the market goes higher, crashes or moves sideways for the next 50 years. I really could care less. Stocks are just four letters with two prices next to them that I use to make a living trading.

Trade ONLY when you have a clear, easy and identifiable advantage, because without a CLEAR EDGE your odds of success are NO better than a flip of a coin… That´s why so many new traders (and investors) lose money.

Take a look at any daily chart of any index or stock and you'll probably see the most volatility and the biggest opportunity for profit during the first Hour of the stock market's opening.

The popular thinking and conventional wisdom is that you should wait about an hour before you start trading.

But if you do, you'll miss the big, fast moves that stocks make as all the amateurs let their emotions out through their

online accounts, usually right after they read some news headline or hear Maria Bartiromo go off about a stock on CNBC.

It's easy to see why trading the open is the market's prime time for profiting from other online traders.

The market's open is very volatile - that is the perfect environment for LARGE, FAST profits.

Learn to trade as a professional Market Maker ,not as an emotionally driven amateur trader or investor with few thousand dollars in an account at Etrade.

There isn't any other time during the day or any stock you can invest in, that can make you 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 or more points

in minutes OTHER than during the first hour the stock market is open. That's why I love trading the open so much.

I trade only when I have an edge and that means "only the first hour the market is open".

If you are a beginning trader, you can give yourself an unfair advantage in the market trading this way.

I can carry on with the advises about how to make money trading, but if you ask me:

"What is the best thing you can do for me?

I will say:

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After you review this site you won´t need system, strategy, book, software or mentor to tell you what to do,

you will be able to profit HUGE every day.

Good luck and good trading,

John Fontaine

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Set up an account with an online broker, deposit money and you're set. Head over to MotleyFool.com and learn all the basics.

Answer 8

If you don't have experience with stocks, mutual funds are the best way to invest in the stock market. There are hundreds to choose from, depending on the level of risk you're willing to take on and the length of time you're willing to invest the money.

A mutual fund invests the money of many investors in a group of stocks, chosen by each fund manager for a variety of reasons. There are value funds, growth funds, high dividend funds, international funds, and many more. Each reflects a particular investment strategy, and each appeals to a different kind of investor.

For a beginner, I'd recommend an index fund, which matches the performance of its particular index. An S&P index fund for example will invest in all the companies of the S&P 500.

As you become more educated about the market and how it works, you may decide to speculate on individual stocks, but I can't stress enough how important it is to use care and discipline, and keep track of what you own. I have a handful of individual stocks in my portfolio and I monitor each of them several times a week. I don't recommend you get into individual stock trading until you've learned a lot more. You'll know when (and if) it's time.

I commend you on your decision to begin investing. This is the absolute best way to become wealthy, and the earlier you begin the wealthier you'll eventually be.

Answer 9

You're not ready to invest until you educate yourself.  Start by reading "Investing For Dummies."

Answer 10

Read some books

Answer 11

You cannot trade or invest in stocks unless you open an account with a stock broker. Since investing in stocks has been much facilitated by the advent of computers and internet, you can easily register your account online with any stock brokerage firm. Before you open an account, you must find out the minimum amount you have to deposit with your broker irrespective of the type of account you opt for from the website of your brokerage firm. Each broker has his own minimum account limit, which may range from $500 to $10,000.

The guiding principle before accepting the minimum amount deposit should be your budget and also the facilities and services that the brokerage offers for a particular level of minimum amount deposit. A comparison-shopping in this respect would prove highly beneficial in long term trading. While it may be true that the less minimum deposit you pay, the less you get in form of services as well, there are some brokerage firms that deliver much more value than the minimum deposit they demand.

A good brokerage firm may demand a minimum deposit for example $ 2,500 but may deliver much more value in terms of lower commissions, as low as $1.50 to $ 3.00 per equity trade, free dividend reinvestment plans and a large number of free trades spread over a long time. They may not even charge you any thing if your account becomes inactive for some time. If you are beginner in stock investing, these benefits can prove to be of immense value in form of risk free investments and savings.

The next step is to choose an account. You can choose an:

1.Individual Account

2.Joint Account

1.Individual Account

As the name suggests, an individual account is an investment account that is opened for one person. You must have reached the age of majority, i.e., you should be 18 years old or above in your state of residence. The age of majority entitles you to full legal rights as an adult. Besides, you must also be a US citizen or a resident alien with a valid social security number. A resident alien is a person who is a non-US citizen but legally resides in the US and also pays the taxes.

2. Joint Account

A joint account is an investment account that is opened for two or more people with the proviso that both people who open accounts should have reached the age of majority in their state of residence. Joint account can either be set up as Joint Tenants with Rights of Survivorship-JTWROS- --or as Joint Tenants in Common-JTIC.

Opening both kinds of accounts is an easy process. It takes about five minutes to open an account on line. All you need to do is to select the account type you want to open and fill in your personal information.

You also have to read and confirm the subscriber agreements, which include the 'account agreement', 'customer acknowledgment of risk' and 'day trading risk disclosure statement'.

Besides these you are also required to comply with the exchange rules. So you have to read, understand and comply with both the New York Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange data subscriber agreements. You should read the agreement as you scroll it down to the bottom. Read both the sections of the agreement and check both the boxes before you move on.

The next step is to choose your user ID and password. You also have to provide your email id for correspondence. You also need to select one of the four secret questions and provide answer to them. This information is needed to assist you to get your password in case you forget about it.

You have also to provide your personal information including your name, date of birth, residential address, marital status, employment, number of dependents, phone numbers, mother's maiden name, social security number and country of citizenship. You have also to provide your financial information including your employer's name, annual income, net worth and liquid net worth.

The answer to these and a few other simple questions completes the account opening process and you are ready to start investing in stocks and shares immediately thereafter.

The tutorial below will also be useful for you.

http://ezinearticles.com/?How-To-Invest-...

I use SogoTrade.

They offer cheap stock trading at $1.50 - $3.00.

Some of the features this brokerage offers:

1. $1.50 - $3.00 Online Equity Trades

2. Fast Order Execution

3. Excellent Customer Service

4. Scheduled Investments and Fractional Shares

5. 3 Great Trading Platforms: SogoTrade, SogoElite, Laser

6. Enhanced Online Security and SIPC Protection

7. Powerful Trading Technology

8. No Account Inactivity or Account Maintenance Fees

9. Free Dividend Reinvestments Service

10. Complementary Stock News and Stock Charts

Do some research and you will find the best broker.

I hope it helps.