How do stocks work and how do you know which ones are good to invest in?
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Knowing what the best stocks to invest in is very difficult.  Even the experts frequently make wrong decisions.  However over the long run, stocks average a gain of 10-11% a year.  If you buy a diversified group of stocks and hold out for the long run you will do well.  Most people buy mutual funds, which invest in diversified stocks and bonds.  I like Vanguard.com, although other people like Fidelity, TIAA-CREF, and DFA.  Look at these websites:
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In brief, buying a stock is purchasing a share of the company you are interested in. You are part owner of the company and can possibly earn money (dividends) for investing in the company. There are some cases in which stockholders are invited to company meetings (stockholders meetings) and you will be kept up to date through a annual stock report of the growth and progress(hopefully) of the company from the previous year. Also, some stockholders can actually have a voice in the company. \nBuying stocks, although can be risky, can help build your financial future and make you savvy about business practices.
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Stock market is a kind of business where things happen so fast that one can’t handle it. It’s like a fighter jet where one mistake makes up loose a lot. \n\nBut once you had a good grip on it, you do get good returns. I suggest you to enter in the market after learning and getting good info about how it works. \n\nIf you have 100$ for example as saving, I suggest you keep 33% of it in safe deposit, invest 33% in secure stocks, and take risk or do learning with 34%, so you wont loose all. \n\nIts better to start with any online company in the initial phase. and yes if you want to learn trading try to find some game or go to this website www.fxplayer.com or FXCM trading website become their member and start dummy forex trading, it will help you in understanding the logics and tricks of trading.\n\nIn this world, 5 things exist in all businesses.\n1- Seller\n2- Buyer\n3- Product\n4- profit/loss\n5- How quick you make a decision\n\nThe best TIP for any business like trading or anything that my dad told me is\n\nDon’t hold your stock or goods if you are getting some profit, cos you don’t know what price the next customer will offer you. \n\nWith my 15 years of business experience, when ever I go opposite to his direction, in 80% cases I never got the best price. Indeed experience counts a lot.
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Buying stocks is a good and easy way to make money ONLY if you invest in stocks that go up. If you invests in stocks that go down from the time that you buy them, you'll be loosing money big time! The stock market is a big risk...it's gambling with your money. You might earn money, but if you lose money and you don't have a lot of it, you'll have a big problem.
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There aren't any "good" stocks in a "bad" market. All ships rise and fall on the tide.\n\nWatch for the Downtrend of over 900 pts in the Dow to be broken, then look at "investing" again. The stocks that turn up quickest, or decline the least, are what you're looking for.\n\nThe stock price tells you whick ones are "good," not a hot tip.\n\nThere is no one indicator, there is no get rich quick scheme, there is no pot at the end of the rainbow. \n\nLike any vocation, investing or trading takes hard work, lots of study, and the testing of your theories, learning what makes you tick, learning your own particular time and stress levels, and fighting the emotions of fear, greed, and loss of hope.\n\nThere can be no great success in trading (life) without great commitment, hard work, discipline, and the realization of the “right” type of thinking.\n\nIt is the trader’s attitudes, beliefs, and discipline that ultimately yield results. Courage and positive attitudes combined with sound market principles and methods will, in time, result in the desired outcome. Your persistence and determination to succeed is, in the final analysis, the critical element.
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You can start by doing research, stocks, mutual funds, real state, bonds, etc.   they are companies such ameritrade, scottrade, mutual funds such fidelity and vanguard. etc.\n\nGood Luck\n\nPedro R.
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Stocks represent ownership in a corporation.  When a company goes public, they sell shares to the general public thru an underwriter who sells the shares to large clients.  Once these large clients have the stocks any individual can buy or sell these stocks in the open market -- once you have access to the market.\n\nTo get access to the market you need to open up a brokerage account with an investment company.  If you have never bought or sold stocks before I highly recommend that you get your feet wet with mutual funds first -- reading the prospectuses could provide you with some information about what THEY look for when purchasing stocks and bonds.\n\nThe stock market is the bets place to have your money for the long term, but you really should leave it to the experts -- funds are a great way to diversify, particularly with limited funds.
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Here's the basic knowledge. Don't start investing in low price stocks. You can easily lose all your money overnight.\n\nInstead consider the following no load mutual funds. Although most of their assets are in higher price companies, these funds do invest in carefully select low priced issues. To see the charts of these funds, click the link below. \nASMCX,Accessor ADV:Small/MidCap,\nCGMFX,Cgm Focus\nFAIRX,Fairholm Fund\nFAMEX,Fam Equity Income,\nFAMVX,Fam Value\nFLPSX,Fidelity Low Priced Stock/316\nFLVCX,Fidelity Leveraged Company Stock/122\nFSDAX,Fidelity Sel Defense & Aero/67\nFSLSX,Fidelity Value Strategy-N/14,\nFSRPX,Fidelity Sel Retail/46\nFVDFX,Fidelity Value Discovery/832,\nGTSGX,Mosaic MidCap Growth,\nHFTFX,Hennessy Focus 30\nHSGFX,Hussman Strategic Growth\nICCCX,Icon Consumer Discretionary\nICLEX,Icon Leisure & Consumer Staples\nKMVAX,KirrMarb Value,\nMARFX,Merrill MidCap Value Opportunities-I,\nMVALX,Meridian Value,\nMXXVX,Matthew 25 Fund,\nNIGVX,Numeric MidCap,\nOBMEX,OldMutua MidCap-Z,\nOSTFX,Osterwes Fund,\nPAGRX,Permanen Aggressive Growth,\nSOPFX,WellFarA INV:Opportunity/24,\nTAVFX,ThirdAve Value\nTGVOX,TCWGalil Value Opportunity-I,\nTWAOX,ThomasWh American Opportunities,\nVSEQX,Vanguard Strategic Equity/114,\nWTMCX,Westcore MidCap Value
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Okay, I don't know what all that was about...\nIf you mean buying shares of stocks, then you should open a "brokerage" account with someone like ScotTrade.\nEach share is a small piece of a company and the price is given in USD ($).\nYou buy pieces of the company and hope that the price will rise.  After some time, you can sell it into your account and keep the profit!  It is fun, too.
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The best advice I've received is to buy stock of companies that you think are great companies and deal with a lot.\n\nFor example, I spend too much money at Costco, and I love the place and how they do business.  So I bought some stock.\n\nIf you buy stock in a company you think is a great place, then you'll be happy for investing in something you like, and when you spend your money there, you can think of yourself as the owner of the joint.
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Share is you buy a share in a company (by buying 10 shares you own that part of the company). If the company makes profit, you gain ..if it loses you lose money.you can lose your entire money if the company goes bankrupt.\n\nBonds: you lend money to the company by buying bonds. the returns are fixed, your investment is guaranteed based on the Securities exchange comission rules. \n\nBonds reduce the chance of making good money when the stock price shoots up.
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Depending on what you mean by "good returns," you might want to investigate dividend-yielding stocks such as utilities or real estate investment trusts (REITs), or look to the bond market.  Stocks normally pay dividends quarterly, bonds semi-annually.
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depends on who you invest in and are you wanting money quik or long term.its all a big gamble,you might invest in a company and the stock might fall and you will loose money.
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You don't say how old you are, what kind of resourses you have or your knowledge of finance in general, I.E. do you know how the market works, listed vs over the counter, options, etc.?  Before you invest a dime remember the cardinal rule of investing: the public finds out after the money's been made.  In other words, if a stock is at a high it's not the time to get in.  Also, the corolary: if it's too good to be true, it's too good to be true.  Finaly, don't invest money that you can't afford to lose, especially if you're speculating (which it sounds like you are).  Go to Morningstar.com and sign up.  It will be the best money you spend for ideas, research and analysis.  Read the Wall Street Journal and look for companies with a future.  You might want to put money in an index such as the S&P 500 especially if you think the market will keep going up (and it won't - it will correct).  Bottom line is that there is no easy answer to your question.  \n\nAvoid the following:\n\nemails with stock tips\nfax messages with stock tips\nany stock selling for under $5.00 a share (unless you're willing to lose all you invest in it\npenny stock\noptions\ncommodities\nfriends who say they "know a guy who knows a guy who said..."\n\nDo the following:\n\nUse a reputable broker either bricks and mortar (Merrill Lynch, Lehman Bros, etc, or a reputable on line broker like E*Trade, Scwabb, etc.\nPut half your money in a good mutual funds of either high or mid-cap companies - you'll have gains while you experiment\nPick a point at which you want to get out on the up side (on Wall Street the pigs get slaughtered) and stick to it\nIf a stock is falling, pick a point at which you want to cut your loss.  If it;s a good company you can always buy in at what you think the low is.\n\nGood luck.  If you find the secret let me know.  I stick to known companies with solid balance sheets and a track record.  Even so I've lost (Worldcom, GM and a few others).
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You basically pick a few stocks that you like.  This could be companies that you're familiar with.  Many of them are publicly traded.  It could be anything from McDonald's to Disney.  Products that you use frequently.  Lots of places to look.
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For example:\n\nYou open an account with a full-service online brokerage such as Fidelity. You make a deposit into your account. Depending upon your account type, you can have a debit card, or check writing feature that allows you to spend money from your account.\n\nYou make an investment selection. (stocks, mutual funds, CDs) If you get the desired gain in that investment and sell it, the cash is deposited in your account. You can use a debit card or check to spend the money, request a money transfer to another account, or request a check for the funds....or you leave it in your brokerage account and earn interest.
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Stock markets are everywhere.  If you know which stock to pick, you will make money in any market.  Do your research and invest properly and you will make money.