Stock market investing?
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i think the best place to go for investing is "jim cramers real money". I read this book and it is very helpful. It's definitely a great place to start.
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The best way to learn about the stock market is to open up a 401(k) account at work and pick some mutual funds to invest in. At least then, you will lower your taxes and you can start to get the feel for your money fluctuating in value.\n\nYou should not invest one dime in the stock market outside of your 401(k) plan until after you establish an emergency fund. This fund should be in cash (CD'S, money market, savings account etc etc) where you can get to it. You should have at least 3 months worth of living expenses in it.\n\nAfter you do this, you can invest all you want in the stock market....but you have to remember...the stock market is like a casino........dont be greedy.......make some money and get out........financial experts lie to you......the longer you are in the market (casino) the greater your risk is. Your risk doesnt decrease by time horizon.......your risk actually increases the longer your money is in the casino....opps...i mean market.
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Hi, i suggest a great site with plenty of Issues related to your Investing and everything around it. it also provide clear and accurate answer to many common questions.\n\nI am sure that you can get your answers in this website.\n\nhttp://investing.sitesled.com/\n\nGood Luck and Best Wishes!
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Instead of trying to get something for nothing, which will only get you opinions and not facts or knowledge, start looking at "how" to invest, rather than "what" to invest in. \n\nInstead of looking at assest classes and divestiture and mutual funds vs Google, find out first the condition of the market, its position, and its trend. All boats rise and fall on the tide, unless you're clairvoyand and can pick the one or two that doesn't. No future in swimming against the tide.\n\nYou have to consider that the Dow is again approaching that all-time historical high set in Jan 2000 at 11,721. Looks like a Double Top to me, but some people say we could double that again. Logically, this is one of the scariest markets I've ever seen in two decades of watching it; just try to find something that is stable, anything. Doesn't exist, does it. Anything could send this market over the edge to the great void. But hey, it might double too, who knows.\n\nThis is simply not a good entry point for investors. Be patient, wait a few months, and you'll be able to buy much more stock a lot cheaper, the risks will be lower (even though they will seem higher), and your chance of success greater.\n\nFor most people, the name of the game is capital preservation. You don't invest when the market gets too risky or too frothy or is nearing a market top or an old market top, or when the market is overpriced, or unstable, and all of these things are true today. There really is a time when cash is King. That 1.5% CD is going to look pretty good when everyone else is cryin' in their beer about losses. Or the market could just go sideways to work off the excesses, but either way, you're safe if you're out. Wanna throw the dice, go to Vegas.\n\nIf you wish to research the “Buy and Hold Strategy” further, or perhaps trade yourself, I recommend two book titles. One is called "Which Is Better, Buy-and-Hold or Market Timing?" The other is "Do You Have What It Takes to Be a Market Timer?" They will give you plenty to think about.
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I would not buy stock options they are too risky, especially for beginners. I would recommend the following approach:\n\nFirst, 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. Financial disasters like getting layed off or sick happen to all of us.\nSecond, I would pay off all high interest debt. Pay off everything you can except the house mortgage. 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.\nThird, 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. \nInvesting 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.\nBelieving someone you met over the Internet and know nothing about is risky. Read these websites for further information.
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Don't just jump into the markets without knowledge and experiences. Just observe the market for 6 to 12 months and understand the functions of the market. \nRead in the news paper the stock market review daily and try to understand the language and terms used by them. \nLog on to http://www.capitalmarket.com\nand\nhttp://www.moneycontrol.com\nhere you can see lot of chat rooms regarding share market. \nWatch CNBC TV 18 daily.\n\nNow follow couple of shares in the market and track the movements. \n\nContact me from my profile  for specific inquiries.
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Technically, it is extremely simple with today's information era to invest or trade stocks and shares. You simply need to open a trading account, fund that account, buy a stock and sell it later at a higher price for a profit. Simple?\n\nYou can sign up for an online trading account with http://www.sharekhan.com\n\nWell, that simplicity is exactly the sheep skin that hides the wolf beneath. That is exactly the expressway to wasting a lot of money.\n\nInvesting or trading the stock markets never start from opening a trading account... it starts from adequate investment and trading knowledge. There are quite a number of things you need to learn before you can even start thinking of the stock markets ...\n\n1. You need to understand how the stock market works and what it is exactly about.\n\n2. You need to know what are the different styles of trading in stocks and shares. \n\n3. You need to read about why so many people lose their shirts in the stock markets so that you can avoid their mistakes and also decide if this is a risk you want to take.\n\nFor all these issues and more, you can read about them from some of the articles that I wrote at http://www.mastersoequity.com/articles.htm\n\nAfter you are adequately armed with the basic concepts and ideas, you need to know how to find profitable stocks to trade or invest in. You can do that the easy way by subscribing to stock pick services (example http://www.stockpickmaster.com ) or you can learn to use charting tools and softwares to find stocks with parameters that you can pre-define. (example http://www.metastock.com ) \n\nAll in all, investment and trading is a lifelong education and non stop learning. No one is ever done learning and catching up with changes in the markets. \n\nIf you want a reliable, sure fire method to trade the indian market, please go to http://stocklab-india.mastersoequity.com . There, you will also get to read about why most beginners in the share market lose all their money and how to prevent that from happening to you. \n\n\nHope these information helps.
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Good question.  I wish that more people would LEARN about how the stock market exists and participates in its usage.\n\nThe best way, first of all, is to understand the fundamentals of business.  Not just how it works, but what constitutes profit, earnings, etc. Once you have a fair understanding of how business works, then you are ready to understand the stock market.\n\nDON"T get into it, though, if you are just looking to make money WITHOUT doing any work, either in researching the companies, or in researching the people who research the companies (broker consultants)!  That is probably my only caveat. \n\nNow...start here for your stock market tutorial... Good luck!\n\nhttp://www.investopedia.com/university/stocks/\n\nRemember me in a few years when you are filthy rich so I can do research for you at 8 bucks an hour...
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I would recommend checking out the website www.investopedia.com  You can learn some things about the stock merket and also use play money with it's stock market simulator.\n\nHave fun
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Try investopedia.com.  They have a great way of explaining the ways of the stockmarket.  They also have tutorials and an investing game thats allows u to virtually buy stock and sell American and Canadian stocks in real market conditions.  You are gived USD 100,000 to start off with and its upto u how u grow it.  This is a great learning process. And best of all, all of this is free on ivestopedia.com.  So why not give it a shot?!?!?
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I would suggest practicing your investing skills at http://www.top10traders.com  This is a totally FREE site. You can create your own portfolio of stocks with $100,000 in 'play' money, and then watch how your stocks compare against other traders. \n\n The site lists out which investors are doing the best and what stocks they have bought. Just click on the portfolio of the best investors and you can see the stocks they like.  \n\nGood luck !
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try going to forbes.com and play around on the site.or you can do your hour of homework like the rest of us traders.\n\nyou can also go to msn.money and click on investing and stocks and look around there.
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mr. i think u should go to a market consultant as the market is realy verrry speculative now a days and i will suggest u not to invest without a propper guidence ..........
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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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The stock market is a good investment for young people because it beats most other investments in the long run.  The return can sometimes be as good as 20% with an average of 8-10%.\n\nThe drawback is risk, and our self-defense against risk is diversification, meaning spreading the risk across different companies and industries.\n\nHere's what you can do now:\n1. Open an account with TD Ameritrade at\nhttp://www.tdameritrade.com\n\n2. Consider buying as many shares of VTI as $2000 can buy.\nThe reason is that VTI represents the entire US stock market so well that it can reduce your risk.\n\n3. After you've made about $500,000, consider investing some of your money, say 20%, overseas.  You can easily do so with Oakmark.\nhttp://oakmark.com/
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It sure can be. Ive studied it off and on for awhile. Lots of different angles to using the stock market. Depends on the person. \n\nGet a few books, study up on the angles that particular person used and how it worked for them. Figure out what you feel comfy with.
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some guy on here is advertising for your money @15%\nanother guy tells you that you will lose money if you listen to any of our advice.\n\nwith the stockmarket at current levels, i would be on the sidelines for now with my cash in a Vanguard or Fidelity money market fund. earning about 4.2% at the moment. it will go up with interest rates. i would also do some research on stocks and investing, check out bobbrinker.com for excellent information, educational info and a great book list to read.