how can i invest in U.S. stocks if i'm not an American citizen?
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You go through a broker.  Since billions of foriegn dollars are invested in the U.S., it's obviously possible that you can add your money to the pool.
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Since you are a beginner and have about $5000, the simplest way is with a mutual fund. \n\nStart at Yahoo, fund screener. \n\nKey in your parameters: $5,000, moringstar rating of 5, turnover less than 100%, expenses less than 1.0% and see what pops up. You will find funds with impressive historical results. Unfortunately, the past is not a great predictor of the future. But this is a good place to start\nOr visit Vanguard.com and key in your investment criteria and they will tell you wich funds they have meet your criteria. \n\nThe link below will show you the results for international stock funds.
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You can either buy short term securities like Cetes if all you want is FX exposure; you can buy longer term bonds (called M's) if you also want exposure to local interest rates.\nThere also dollar denominated securites that trade in and offshore Mexico, called UMS bonds.\n\nThere are a lot of Mexicanfixed income mutual funds in which you can invest, according to what you are looking for.\n\nDepending on the ammt you want to invest, you should contact either a Mutual Fund Distributor (Distribuidora de Sociedades de inversion) or Fund Manager (Operadora de Sociedades de Inversion) or a Broker Dealer (Casa de Bolsa) or Bank's Private Equity Area.\nWrite me w/your email address and I'll go the names and ph numbers of a couple of institutions if you want.
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so get a us address....lcome to usa get a post office box...and have your paper trades sent there?  eventually you can have all trade confirmatins and statements sent toelectronically.  but you will probably have to pay us taxes ...on capital gains
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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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tarin to get a needed skill for USA, such as technical engineer or medical doctor or something they want and need here.\nGet an emplyer to sponser you in a job that no uSA resident can do, such as special chinese cookery or soemthing like that\nInvest $1,000,000.00 into any business in USA\nInvest $500,000.00 into ceratin select cities in USA that need business investment. IE open a hotel or restuarant or something with the money.\nGet accepted into a college in USA, you will get a temp gren card until you gradutae and while here can get an emplyer to sponser you.\n\nMake friends with the BUsh family
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Open an Account on www.ameritrade.com\nNext you wire some money into that new account. This will usually take a couple of days. \nYou are charged per trade. A trade is approx. $12. You can buy as many shares as you like. Usually people buy in lots off 100.
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If you have a US dollar account and a debit card, you can sign up with an online broker such as Scottrade. (www.scottrade.com)  You will need an initial investment of US $500 to fund your account. If needed you may withdraw part of the $500 initial funding.  They only charge US $7.00 per trade, but keep in mind, that's both buying and selling, so it  is actually $14 dollars you need to add on to calculate your prophit/loss. \n\nGood luck!
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You can only invest in stocks that are of publicly traded companies.  Each of the above are private entities (private companies).
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1) Open an account in ameritrade.com \n2) See the Help section of ameritrade.com
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there are stock clubs located all over the country that you can get involved with as a newcomer.  meetings are held on a regular schedule, the group pools money and everybody is given certain companies in different sectors to do research in,  the groups usally vote in what they invest in, and all members share inthe profit/loss of the trades.  other than that take a basic class, start with mutual funds, and keep a few dollars to have fun with and buy stock you have done more than listen to the gossip about
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To run a business, money is required. If you start a company, you can approach investors and sell them shares of your company (subject to your fulfilling various rules regulations and conditions specified per law). These shares are called stock. The platform that allows you to legally trade in these shares is a stock-exchange, where anyone eligible can buy shares through a broker or sub-broker who against a small commission trades the stock that you want to buy or sell.\n\nAs far as how to invest is concerned, it is advisable that you start by investing in good equity Mutual Funds. Test the waters, do some study of the various companies if you can, or consult a financial adviser. (I am one, You can email me your contacts and if I can, I'll get back to you)\n\nHowever, don't invest all your money in one asset class alone, spread it across various other classes such as Post Office Savings Schemes, Bank Fixed Deposits, Real Estate, Insurance, Government Bonds, and directly equity once you are confident that you understand the market. Each and every person has his or her own financial needs and hence specifically defining the amount to be invested would be difficult unless the your current status is known.\n\nTaxation is another important aspect that needs looking into. Please do include your taxation liabilities in your financial planing otherwise you could end up with a lot of trouble with the taxman.
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No, but typically, it's pretty inconvenient to invest with a company directly.  The easiest way is to open an account with a broker and execute your trades there.
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You need to open an account with any of online broker.\nI recommended Scottrade, it is good for small individual investor like myself.  Low commission, no extra charge for limit order, and no inactivity fees.\n\nhttp://scottrade.com/
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Online, I know that etrade.com you can open one online either for brokerage or banking.\nYou do not need to be a citizen to have a banking account in the States. Thanks to off-shore banking rules for foreigners in American.\nDepending where you live, I am pretty sure one of the big banks can help you put money in the US, however that's not an online option.\nStill, you will need to send a passport copy and show that the funds deposit are legal.
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If you have a half a million dollars to invest in the USA, you for sure will get a green card.....it doesn't necessary means opening a store or factory...real estate investiments also work.....good luck.
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Of course, your question depends which country you are in.  I'll assume U.S., but if it is somewhere else, the answer will be different.  In the U.S. you can always buy shares of some of the larger stocks if they have ADR's issued.  I've provided a link for the BNY ADR list.\n\nBut to trade any stocks, whether U.S. or foreign, you want an account with a broker, such as Ameritrade or Scottrade, not with a bank normally.  A lot of banks do have some ability to offer brokerage services, but they're usually not the best resources for that.