How to invest for dividend benefits?
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Great idea.  Not only you get quarterly dividend from these stocks.  Most of these companies increase their dividends annually.  A few names:  Citigroup, Bank of America, Johnson & Johnson, General Electric, Altria etc.
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I like Legg Mason Partners Funds (formerly called Smith Barney). I invest in LMP Aggressive Growth, LMP Fundamental Value, and LMP Appreciation Fund. These are known as "3 Fund Approach." Why? Just like you don't want to invest all your money into one stock, you don't want to invest your money all in one mutual fund (even though it invests 25 to 300 different companies). How you want to diversify your money is up to you, but I put about 33% into all.\n\nMy dealer is PFS Investments and they don't charge any fees to use their services. You can buy or redeem your shares online. You can check the value of your portfolio anytime online too. Oh yeah, make sure the agent is properly licensed and ask about the complimentary financial need analysis (a very useful financial tool).\n\nAnyway, no matter how you invest, don't pull out if the stock market crashes because you know stock market will always rebound (base on past performance).
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Visit the company you would like to invest in and see if they offer direct investing.  Some do and some don't.  I bought Ohio Edison direct for a while thinking, if I was going to use electricty, then why not get a dividend from it.  You can buy directly, but you also lose the ability to get that buffer in a middle man, the knowledge, the expertise.  I would advise only investing a smaller sum of money, but I wish you the best of luck.
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Invest in Mutual Fund, the way to make a fortune in mutual funds are through compounding.  Compounding happens when your earnings themselves generate more earnings, allowing you put ever-greater sums to work.  The more time that goes by, the more powerful compounding becomes.\n\nIn order to get the most benefit from compounding, you'll need a carefully selected growth-stock fund, and you'll need to stick with over time.  For example, if you purchased $10,000 of a diversified domestick growth-stock fund that average about 15% a year over a period of 35 years, you will have $1.28 million!\n\nSuppose you also added $2,000 each year and let it compound as well. your total would then come to more than $3 million!  Now, how much more do you think you'sd have if you also bought a little extra during every bear market while the fund was temporarily down 30% or more from its peak?  \n\nNothing's guaranteed in this world, and yes, there are always taxes,  How better growth funds over the last 50 years, and what could happen to you if you plan and invest in mutual fund correctly.
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Try invest in a global equity fund with www.vanguard.com.
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I have found the best way of saving.  I was able to put away approximately $8000 in 18 months.  Look for www.sharebuilder.com.  Its an investment site.  You can purchase stock for $4.00, no matter how much stock you buy.  Do some research.  I chose companies based on the products i use in my daily life.  I found it be fun to save and also enjoyed shopping for new stocks.  The dividends usually pay better than any savings account, so give it a try.  It worked for me.
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There are so many types of investments.  Find yourself a good investment broker who can explain to you in detail the benefits of investments that would best be suited to your needs and situation.\n\nYou really should get professional advise for best results.
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Very little. You can start with as little as $10 at www.betterinvesting.org\n\nYou can go directly to a company's "Investor Relations" area and see if they have a direct investment option.\n\nYou can also check out this company that can get you started for $4 plus a commission plus the cost of the stock. www.sharebuilder.com
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Hi Alra,\n  I am assuming that you are here in the USA. If so I would highly recommend DRIPS, Dividend Reinvestment Plans (DRPs), if only because of the small amount of cash you have available, you cannot afford to be paying ANY commissions, they will eat through your $200 like a hot knife through butter at room temperature. With DRPS you are buying the stocks directly from the company itself without paying those commissions. I would also suggest that you add a set amount of dollars every month to your holdings. Only pick stocks that you have checked out and believe in, especially those that make products you buy and use and like. Look at this for the long term, gradually your account should increase in value. Then you are able to take some of those profits and trade riskier stocks through a regular trading account. \nGood luck and don't forget to watch Jim Cramer's Mad Money on CNBC    BOOYA
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Hi Tajinder. Go and read some of the articles on investing at http://www.hammocksurvivalguide.com/\nYou will find a lot of useful advice there. Make sure you know what you are doing before you part with your money. Remember that when somebody makes money through an investment. Somebody else usually loses it.
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Do not use insurance as an investment.  If you invest in a universal life, or other cash building policy has limitations as to the amount of return VS death benefit.  This is a point where the IRS calls it a MEC, or Modified Endowment Contract.  You will get taxed heavily if this value is superceeded; they consider the policy an investment rather than insurance.  The only way to get around this is to increase death benefit (which raises your monthly/semi-annual/annual premium), decreasing your return.  And term life insurance only pays if you die.  If you are 29, look towards an IRA that provides various investment options and invest fairly aggressively.  If you have access to a company 401K, utilize that, as many employers match a certain percentage, and most of it is pre-tax contribution.  If you are OK with lower yields and like the availability of cash, look into a money market account from a large institution, such as vanguard or fidelity.
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give me all your money and ill help you...ha ok ok i wont joke...\n\nhonestly...it depends on how you want to weigh your options theres MANY ways to invest... And the more you can gain in an investment the more of a risk there is.  If you want a low to zero risk investment then you could simply but it savings or bonds...and save with compound interest.  (putting the interest earned back into the same account.)  If you definetely want to try stocks out which there's an adequate risk rate then you first need to know the difference.  There's common stocks and there's preferred stocks.  Common stocks are the most ...well..common stocks there are...Over the long term, common stock, by means of capital growth, yields higher returns than almost every other investment. This higher return comes at a cost since common stocks entail the most risk. If a company goes bankrupt and liquidates, the common shareholders will not receive money until the creditors, bondholders and preferred shareholders are paid.   You could also invest in prefered stocks.. With preferred shares, investors are usually guaranteed a fixed dividend forever. This is different than common stock, which has variable dividends that are never guaranteed. Another advantage is that in the event of liquidation, preferred shareholders are paid off before the common shareholder...That's about all i'll go into here...I know pretty much all the rest but should help...Just find a company you have faith in and go from there.
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You can invest in the etf gld. Each share is backed by some amount of real gold. \nhttp://anyonecaninvest.blogspot.com/
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Assuming that you're in the UK there's a few options - just save in a regular account, put money into an ISA each year, or go for an endowment product - you pay a monthly premium and it pays out a lump sum after a set period (the monthly premium and the period of the plan depends on the size of lump sum you need).  This type of investment will depend on stock market movements so you might not get back as much as you think.\n\nAnother option is a friendly society bond - you can put up to £25 a month away over ten years tax free.  Try looking at a company like Scottish Friendly.
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Couple of places to look:\n\nhttp://www.moneychimp.com/articles/valuation/dividend_discount.htm\n\nhttp://www2.una.edu/kvrensselaer/EMB%20503/cff408.ppt
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Well the PF that is deducted is paid in 2 tranches, check if you got both your tranches also.\n\nYou should ideally get your share + Company share + interest
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If you just want to invest and have no input i'd put most into cash management and get say 6.5% interest (very low risk). I would also put some into shares ie. banks or strong companies that are low risk.\n\nIf this is a lot to you, you dont want to risk it....