Where can i start on stocks exchange from basic?
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bobbrinker is really an idiot, so is that Suzie Orman.  I recomend "thestreet.com", go out and get Jim Cramer's books, also pick up a copy of Leeb's "the oil factor", you may want to pick up a copy of Rich Dad/Poor Dad, and also Harry Dent's "the next great bubble boom", and Jim Rogers "hot commodities"  Once you have read those, then you'll have a good entry level understanding of how the equity markets work, and the current forces driving those markets. Also, read the Wall Street Journal daily.  If you do all of these, then you'll be able to have an intelligent conversation with your broker, and possibly be ready to start investing on your own if that is what you choose.  Good luck.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_exchange\n\nwikipedia is really good for information!\nhope this helps!
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Open a CFD (High Leverage) stock account with broker and start trading. Home base business over internet.
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Start with investopedia.  \n\nThen go to thestreet.com. \n\nThen go to 888options.com\n\nYou'll get progressively more information to learn and it's all free.\n\nIf you want to learn to trade in general, look at some of my answers related to starting out trading (it's a long answer), but a good one.\n\nBest of luck!
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Go to Amazon.com and find beginner's stock market books that have the highest customer ratings that based on their description, will teach you what you want to learn.\n\nThen find the book or books at your local library.  If they don't have the books you want, many libraries can borrow them for you from other libraries that do have them.  They will get them for you and loan them to you.\n\nWhen you return the books, they'll return the books to the libraries they got them from.\n\nGood luck!
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Your question reveals the fact that you are a complete newbie with very weak basic, fundamental knowledge in the stock markets and is about to do something you might regret for a very long time.\n\nListening to free, off the street advice is an expressway to disaster. Read more good books and articles on investments to expand your vision and horizon before you decide to go deeper into the subject. For some of the best investment books that I have ever read, please visit http://www.bestoptiontradingbooks.com\n\nInvesting or trading the stock markets never start from asking how to buy a certain stock ... 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.worden.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 care to read about how I went from completely broke to retired millionaire trading stocks and options by 28 years old, you can go to http://www.mastersoequity.com/\n\nRemember, the slogan "Just Do It", Just won't do for the stock markets. If profiting in the stock markets is as simple as buying a single stock , then why are so many people still poor?\n\nAfter you have all the above mentioned knowledge, you need to ask the following golden questions before you can decide whether a stock is worth buying or not :\n\n1. Why are you of the opinion that this stock will rise?\n\n2. Is your opinion valid in the first place?\n\n3. When are you expecting it to rise? Can you hold on for that period of time or longer?\n\n4. What is your expected entry price? After what price would your expected profit margin be too thin to enter upon?\n\n5. Where is your expected stop loss point? What is your stop loss point based on? Where will you tell yourself that it is time to take a loss and get out?\n\n6. Where is your expected profit taking point? What is your profit taking point based on? \n\n7. Does the way you are buying the stock allow you to hold on until your expected profit taking point?\n\n8. How much of your money should you dedicate to this one trade?\n\n9. What is the level of primary, secondary and idiosyncratic risk you are undertaking when deciding how much of your fund to use?\n\n10. What is your cashflow need? Does your cashflow needs allow you to hold the full lifetime of the stock?\n\nAfter you are able to answer all these questions confidently, THEN you are ready to... PAPER TRADE your stock strategy. Yes, even at this point, you are NOT READY to trade for real. You should trade on PAPER for at least 6 months and become consistently successful BEFORE you take your stock strategy into real life.\n\nThen.. you are ready to start... but there is still no guarantee of success as paper trading is very different from real trading. You will need another maybe 1 year or 2 trading very little money and be consistently successful BEFORE you are ready to increase your stakes.\n\n\nSo, as you can see, success in the stock market
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Try these..\nSharebuilder.com\netrade.com, scottrade.com, ameritrade.comameritrade.com \nhttp://www.best4sites.net/mwo/initialpub...\nhttp://www.searchguide.biz/html/index.as...\n(Pick ur best answer)
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This link offers information and NASD exams where you can start. The series 7 is a "registered representative" the basic stockbroker's exam and often considered the first important one to take. You might also try some various searches for words like" stock market analysis, exams, testing. Also try sites like that of the American stock exchage, NY Stock exchange and NASDAQ-they all have lots of information. Be wary of scams out there...there are those making more money selling their programs than making money on the stock market(and if their programs were so good, they'd make a fortune there, right?) \n\n\nhttp://www.investopedia.com/terms/a/amex.asp
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Congratulations on getting started. It’ll help you more than you know! \n\nYour first dollars should be spent on getting educated on investing. You don't have to train to trade them professionally, but we are talking about your future here. So the more you learn, the more it'll help you! So let's start there.\n\nYou ask a very broad question, so be prepared for a pretty long answer. Just take it in chunks!\n\n\nHow to invest depends on what you already know. We'll assume that you're beginning since you say you're new to this!\n\nA good primer is How to Make Money in Stocks by William O'Neil. You can get it cheap just about anywhere. It’s widely available new or used.\n\nAnother good one is one of Jim Cramer's books like Real Money (he’s got a few). \n\nBut books will only get you so far. At some point, you'll also want to get at least a little training. There are some great education companies if you want to make the investment. Investools.com or optionetics.com are both very good companies as is tmitchell.com\n\nFor free, you can start by visiting thestreet.com and investopedia.com. That'll get you a pretty good primer so at least you'll understand what the markets are and what a stock is, etc. \n\nIf you get a chance, watch Mad Money on CNBC. Don't trade any of his picks until you track many of them over time. Just use the show to get you to understand some basics and get a feel for the market itself.\n\nNext, subscribe to something like Investorsbusiness daily or something like that that can help you identify good stocks.\n\nOnce you understand stocks, go to 888options.com. It's a website that'll help you understand options (what they do, how they work, etc). You don't need to trade them, but the more you know, the more you'll see how options can really be the safest way to invest (once you're educated).\n\nFor discipline (which is crucial to successful trading), probably Trading in the Zone by Mark Douglas or Mastering the Trade by John Carter\n\nI know that’s a LOT to absorb. Just take it one step at a time for now. Start with a book or two to give you an idea of where to begin. Take your time, and let it seep in. \n\nAs you get up to speed, you should papertrade to practice (highly recommended). This should help reduce your losses in the beginning as you get used to buying/selling.\n\nYou can practice for free on almost any reputable broker site (optionsxpress, scottrade, thinkorswim, etc). And yes, you can definitely deal easily online.\n\nStart slow, then as you figure things out, you can buy more shares.\n\nCongrats again on getting started. If you have any questions, please let me know. \n\nHope this helps!
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Day-trading.  All you need is a computer and an internet connection.  I'm guessing you have both!
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streetsmart pro @ schwab.com is excellent\n\nfidelity.com also has a good program\n\nclearstation is good, except i don't like etrades market executions.
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Metastock from www.equis.com has a good reputation\nTradestation (www.TradeStationWorld.com) seems to be the thing for professionals.
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Most common websites, Yahoo Finance or most brokerage firms for instance, will give you company info.  Usually the charting feature will step you into the information you need visually, such as candle charts which show a daily trading high, low, open, and close.  Those are the easy places to start.  BTW, the New York Stock Exchange is usually abbreviated NYSE.  I don't know the BSE unless it is the old Boston Stock Exchange, a regional trading place that I didn't know was still in operation.
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So first u get a borkerage firm preferably a low cost one, depends on how much u wanna pay and what kinda of cust service , i personally like SCOTTRADE good mix of cheap and good cust servce. after u established an account u start trading. there are 3 kind of stocks: regular, OTC (over the counter) and pink sheets (please refer to the link for difference). they are all listed on exchanges (NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX..etc) the most imp thing is to know what ur getting into before u buy or sell because not only will theat mean a gain or a loss but everytime you perform a transaction (buy or sell) the brokarage firm take a commission ( scottrade=7 $),,ands theere is a lot more I suggest u read as musch as u can
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Open an account in ameritrade.com and drop me a line.
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there are mutual funds with small initial investments. $500 for example. Some even less. That is a good way to start. I have included a link through Yahoo finance showing funds of that nature that are rated better than average by Moringstar. Yahoo sometimes does not provide correct information so you need to use this as a starting point and research a little furture. \n\nAnother way is to open an on line brokerage account and buy shares directly in good solid companies that have a good track record and pay dividend that have tended to increase over time, such as BAC, for example. But that is more risky without having at at least 5 and preferably 10 different stocks in your portfolio to reduce the risk of a piece of bad news causing disaster. You also have the option of buying exchange traded index funds. That is an inexpensive method to participate in general market trends. I personally do not like the idea, but a lot of people do.
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go to the finance home page (the link is on the main yahoo page) and then type in the symbol of the stock you are interested in.  It will then give you a list of several options, one of which is the message board.