im interested in leanring stocks and how to buy and make money can anyone help me?
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There is a great book called the Wealthy Barber.  Look it up at the library.
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There are really no "better sites" for that. Just pick one of the big names like ameritrade or scottrade. As far as making money, when you short a stock you are betting that the value of the stock will decrease over time. So if you think company x is going to do poorly and you short(sell) them at 10 dollars a share and then later buy them back at 5 dollars a share you will have made 5 dollars a share minus trading costs.
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You did not specify the type of help you require.  Your first step should be to reads a couple of books on investing. You first need to understand some of the concepts.  \n\nFor those who wish to participate in the stock market but do not wish to spend a great deal of time doing the necessary research to investigate which stocks to buy, there are mutual funds.  They are a good method if you first determine which mutual funds have a good track record in both bull and bear markets.  The internet will provide you with all the information you need.
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Hi Frankie,\n  There are quite a few websites that you can go to for info. But if your just starting out I would suggest Yahoo finance page. From there you can browse through the listings on the left hand side. Go slow and learn the basics day by day. Before you drop one cent into the market, I strongly urge you to test you new found "skills" by paper-trading. This is trading without money. There are a number of sites that allow you to do paper-trading, virtualstockexchange.com being one. This will teach you discipline which you must have or you will lose your shirt & pants and underwear. Do this type of trading for at least 60 days. Iknow I know, you want to make money now. Be patient, this will be the best education you will ever get for trading. It's sorta like the difference between reading a book on swimming or getting in the water and you apply what you read, once your comfortable wading a bit, then you can go to deeper waters,(real cash). \nGo into each trade with a set goal of profit AND loss objective. Always use real or mental stops. Stops are prices you set for closing out the trade, both for profit AND loss, you can place them at the same time you place your order or any point after, I prefer the latter.  \n  Also, be highly skeptical of get rich quick schemes, programs and books/tapes, if their formulas were so great, why are they trying to make a few bucks from you buying them? I doubt it's because they really, truly love you, and they are hoping to receive the NOBLE PRIZE for humanitarianism. \n  I also suggest you spend some time reviewing the info the exchanges have on their websites, invaluable. And let's not forget our boys at the SEC. They have a great wealth of info on particular stocks and companies, a must site.\n  That being said, I wish you the best of luck, cause you will need it, and always remember, your trading points not dollars, this will keep you from getting too emotional, but you will anyways. \nSee ya at the bank...(hopefully not the blood bank)
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If you are serious about investing I would talk to a financial adviser first. stocks is a little risky but if you want to take the risk then go for it. Just talk to a professional and get his advice. If you are going to do it yourself make sure you do the research on the company that you want to put the money in. Make sure it is not going to be bust. look into perhaps small cap stocks as they will be good, risky but all investing into stocks are a risky bet. Wish you the luck and hope that whatever you do decide works out for you
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Try http://www.etrade.com\n\nSimply put: you buy a part of the company looking to profit either in the long (investment) or short term (a short term trade).
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You may want to talk to a financial advisor and discuss investments that would help you meet your financial objectives. \n\nIf you are interested in individual stocks you may want to consider a hypothetical portfolio, on paper, in order to experience how difficult (proper) investment selection and diversification can be to achieve.
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Open a brokerage account with at least $350.00 and invest in the stock market with the help of a Financial Advisor like myself and when your stocks are up by 5% (Which could take as long as a week) you sell them and make $3.50 (Asuming you are a Scottrade Customer paying $14.00 in comissions) \nKeep doing it over and over for at least 300 times and you will get $1,000.00\n\nNote: \nIf you invest $700.00 you only need to wait until the stock is up 3% to sell and that could happen in two days.\n\nIf you invest $1,400 you only need to wait until the stock is up 2% to sell and that could happen in one day.\n\nYou get the idea.\n\nTop 3 Answerer in Business & Finance. (Vote for me)
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If you are not into a lot of risk I would recommend proven, blue chip stocks like McDonalds, Coca cola, and others that have a good record and also pay dividends.\n\nIf you don't have a lot of money to invest (less than $5,000) than maybe one of the cheaper investment portfolios like PHY. (around $3 a share)\n\nThe key to any investment is research, research and more research.  Make sure you understand the company and what they do or sell.\n\nI would also recommend one of the online traders since they only charge $7 a trade.  Most like Scottrade and Etrade are very reliable.\n\nOne further recommendation, Yahoo has some excellent tools in yahoo finance to help you including stock screeners and portfolio management.  Before you invest, pick out a few stocks you are thinking about putting your money in and set up a free sample portfolio.  You can set it up to show performance (gains and losses). Watch it for a month or 2 and see how much money you would have gained or lost.  That may give you an idea of profits/risk before you invest any real money.
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You can trade shares online.\nA popular format for online investors is FOREX trading (foreign exchange) .. it takes a few weeks to learn but you can make big bucks. however you can lose out as well.
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visit this website and look for tutorial to have basic understanding about stock market and its risk before deciding to participate.\nwww.investopedia.com
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there are two ways that may help you. scott trade which for the minimun amount to open charges just 7.00 a trade if your buying and selling. this way you get real time live trades and information with no brokers. there is also what is known by few as drips. you buy the stock right from the company itself. if you search drips in the net you will come up with a list of many companies selling their stock some require as little as 50 to 100.00 to open a direct stock account with them and that price includes as much stock as you can get depending on its price. you can put so much in each month if you want and you'll get the shares to that amount. each company is differant on how much you start with and how long you have to keep the stock before selling it. its usually 60 to 90 days with some. good hunting!
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WAY TO GO KIDDO !!!!\n\nYou can start to read up on the stock market... read read read !!!! Email companies and request their prospectus', it is free! Read about the companies that interest you, then you can find a company that you can buy directly from them without a broker. EASY EASY !!\n\nSearch : "direct stock purchase plans" and it will get you headed in the right direction. Heck... persuade friends to learn this too !! Remember ONLY YOU can make your future SWEET !! Get started NOW!!!\n\nEvery time you go out to buy something, put that equal amount away into a jar or savings account. Once a month, once every six months or annually, take that money and put it in your stock  ((that you have done your homework on)).\n\nBest Wishes on a bright financial future!\n\n: )
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You probably shouldn't take advise on stocks and mutual funds from people on yahoo.answers. If you want help on what stocks to look at just look at the financial reports from companies you are interested in. And if you are young, which I have a feeling you are, you are better off in higher risk stocks since you don't have a lot of cash. The chance to get money is larger, and so is the chance to lose it. Check out Sharebuilder.com.
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First, I like to welcome you aboard.  Never too late or too early when it comes to investing. \n\nSecond, Let's talk business, and that business is stocks. \nI want you to diversify.  what do this guy mean by diversify?  Good question.  Split your asset into at least three to five different sectors.  For example, you can put some on Technolology, Pharmacuetical drug company, Financial, Retailer, and energy or oil refineries.\n\nFinally, research each of those sectors, and try to find a leader in each or everyone of them.  You can do this.  One of the way to look for is to read newspaper.  Investors Business Daily is good source to start.  I find them very useful compared to other newspaper like Wall Street Journal.\n\nKeep post your question if you need further help.\nBest of Luck from THINKMAAN.
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Buy high quality stocks in companies that you know something about.Start by looking for names in your kitchen cupboard, your garage, your cleaning supplies closet, or on your telephone bill or utility bill.  Go to the reference Dept at your library and read Value Line, Standard & Poors Outlook, and Morningstar. Also look on the Internet;(Quicken.com Zack's Brokerage Reports.com MSN Money.com. Morningstar.com, Best investing Sites.com Market watch.com Businessweek.com, Forbes.com Buy only the ones that won't cause you to lose sleep at night.  If your stocks go down in value, don't worry.  The good ones will come back.But use money that you won't need for 4-5-6 years. You can start buying at any time, although the market seems to be a bit high right now.  Be patient and buy stocks gradually. Look into "DRIPS"(Dividend Reinvestment Programs). It's better than compound interest at the bank
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Hi there,\n\nHere are a few sites that offer online training for trading and selling stocks:\n\nhttp://www.geocities.com/learn2trade2000/\nhttp://www.pressbox.co.uk/detailed/Financial/Online_Trading_Course_......_Learn_to_Trade_Stocks_Going_Up_29986.html\nhttp://www.daytradeteam.com/dtt/