How do I buy american company stocks? I don't live in the US and I am not a US citizen.?
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I believe that you do not have to be an American to invest in American stocks. First get a stock broker, you may want one in your area so you can meet with him and talk about your financial goals. Through the brokerage company, who your stock broker works for, (i.e. Smith Barney, Merrill Lynch...) they should be able to pay out your dividends/profits in your currency, Euros. The fees are generally a percentage of what you buy and sell. If you buy $1000 in stocks, they may charge 5% for example and if you sell off some stocks a couple years later, they will take a small percentage of the amount you are selling off. If you are looking for long term investments, I'd suggest a mutual fund over stocks, but both are still gambles on the economy. If you want something really secure, but will yield more than a savings account, I would say put it in an IRA. But of course I don't know how it works in Europe. GOOD LUCK!
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If you have some money and you buy several per month, use Interactive Brokers.  Their commission is $1 per trade.  If you don't do about 8 trades per month, though, you get hit with low activity fees.  You could buy several in one month and then transfer the stocks to a discount brokerage that doesn't charge inactivity fees.\n\nIf you don't have much money, some companies will sell to individuals, but watch out for fees.  Check the investor relations tabs on their Web sites. \n\nA last resort is sharebuilder.com.  They won't buy even shares and it's expensive to sell, but it's cheap to buy there.
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Investors buy shares of stock in a company and are therefore owners of the company.  Many companies are private where perhaps a dozen people own all the shares but a large number of companies are publically traded.  Although direct trades of stock are legal, most investors place their trades (buy or sell) through a stock broker who charges a commission for each transaction.  You can trade on line through electronic discount brokers for as little as $7 per trade (buy or sell).  See Scottrade for example.  You can make money if you buy the stock cheap and sell it after the price appreciates.  If you choose the wrong stock and the price goes down you can lose money and if the company goes broke you can lose all your money.\n\nMany investors prefer to buy shares in a Mutual Fund that invests in perhaps 50 or more different companies.  Many (but not all) Mutual Funds are operated by experts who know how to invest wisely in stocks.  Also, if one of their companies performs poorly or goes broke the remaining good stocks can make up for the loss.  It is possible to invest in "no-load" Mutual Funds by contacting them directly or through a stock broker who will charge commissions for your transactions.  As an example T. Rowe Price has no-load\nfunds specializing in many different types of companies and risk categories.\n\nYou can invest IRA funds in a Mutual Fund and have the earnings compound tax free.  If you invest say $4000, multiply that by 1.1 as many times as there are years before you retire and you can see how it will grow and grow at a 10% annual rate (not guaranteed).  And that is only one deposit.\n\nI'd recommend investopedia.com, especially their dictionary, to better understand any investing terms you encounter.  Good luck.
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Open an online brokerage account with Ameritrade, Scottrade, Tradeking etc and buy shares for say 2000 USD. Sell it after you have gained atleast twice of commission (say 10*2) by looking at ur balances every day. It may go down initially butdon't lose heart on that. It eventually will go up (2min, 2days, 2 years...). Stock investing is basically finding a safe stock which doesnot give you a loss after your waiting period and investing in it. \nTo a beginner like you a safe stock could be EWD
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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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1) Open a brokerage account at ameritrade.com\n2) No\n3) Yes (But that makes no sense because you need to pay $10.99 to buy it and another $10.99 when you sell it)
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Owning shares in companies is one of the greatest freedoms of a democratic society. You are wise to consider investing. Different people have found great success buying shares in different ways. \n\nWilliam O'Neil, Warren Buffett, Gary Kaltbaum, Peter Lynch, and Dave Landry are all successful traders. You can find more information about them on the web. I would recommend Gary Kaltbaum's book, The Investors Edge.\n\nThere is no easy money out there. Expect some hard work and some humbling from the market. It is, however, entirely possible to grow an acorn into a mighty oak.
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you can get an account with etrade or ameritrade\n\nmin number is one share
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Go to a website like www.scottrade.com or www.etrade.com and they we tell you what you need to do to set up an online account to trade stock.
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All information about public companies is, by definition, public.  If you want to invest in stocks, but know nothing about anything related to them, you will be walking into dangerous territory.  The first thing you have to do is READ, READ and READ some more.  Go to Yahoo money, MSN money or any other free board and start reading on public companies.  Find out what market cap means, find out what drives the prices of big companies' stocks.  Run stock screeners looking for good companies (look for low Betas, for example)  look at their price history (Is the company at the highest/lowest price it has been in a year?)  Then, when you narrow down your choices, made your decision and are ready to buy, pick a good brokerage house (cheap ones: Scottrade, Ameritrade, Sharebuilder)  and buy your stock.\n\nAn alternative is choosing mutual funds, Find one rated high my morningstar and leave all that research in the hands of people who know.
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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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You can't buy stocks that are listed on an exchange without going through a broker.  Those are the rules.  Big brokerage companies don't rip you off anyway so don't worry.\n\nCheck with a US broker - I'm sure some of them must allow you to trade on the TSE from the US.  Alternatively you might consider buying a Canadian ETF (exchange traded fund) - www.fidelity.com sells them.
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Start investing in the stock market.  I have listed below a link to a really interesting article that can say it much better then I can.  It is a great way to start out with little or no money and not pay big commissions to brokers.\n\nI used this program and have done really well over the last two years.  Started with little money, added little money and learned discipline and a lot about the stock market.  I now teach others to do the same.  \n\nDon't have that $100 bucks to get started?  I bet you do if you just change the way you spend money.  Will include a link to the online broker that I used to start my savings.  I also went ahead and opened a credit card through the Sharebuilder website.  The credit card has a 0% APR on opening transfers and pays you 1% cash back that you can use to purchase Stocks with in your Sharebuilder plan.  If you pay your balance every month (which is the only way that you should use credit), then this is FREE money. \n\nIf you have a Bank of America Checking account they have started a plan that is called "Keep the Change."  With this plan, once you have opened a savings account with $100, they round up all your purchases.  If you buy something for $1.25 with your debit card, they will withdrawal $.75 (rounded up to $2.00) from your checking account and deposit it into your savings account.  After the first three months of doing this, they then will match your money dollar for dollar, 100%.  Then after the first year, they will match your round ups at a 5% rate.  The account only pays .5% APR, but the 100% matching for the first three months is FREE money. \n\nThat is a 100% return on your deposits (round ups) for the first three months.  \n\nIf you don't have a BOA account then try looking online for a good paying Money Market Fund (MMF).  Some have balance requirements, some don't.  The better rates out there as of today are running about 4.25% or higher.  Watch for fees, compounding methods and other charges before you consider purchasing a MMF.  \n\nGood luck and start saving today!  \n\nToo many Americans don't save enough money.  Instead, they look for the lowest payment on that purchase.  You should ask yourself, do I want to pay myself first (saving money) and purchase something for cash or retire with style or do I want to always be in debt paying others interest.  Don't you deserve the interest more then the lender?  I think you do.  \n\nI don't work for any of the above mentioned ways to save.  I do hold accounts (Individual Roth IRA, Individual investing plan, Individual trading account, MMF and a Visa Card through Bank One attained after opening my account with Sharebuilder.) with Sharebuilder.  I have no other interest in Sharebuilder.  I do have a bank account at Bank of America, both checking and savings (opened with $100.00 deposit), but own no stock or other interest in the company.  I am not affiliated with MSN in any way or form and do not own any company stock.  Investments may loose money and in many cases are not FDIC insured.  Any investment should be after careful consideration by the investor before investing.  Your results may very.  (think that covers the Brochure law.)\n\nGood luck and let me know how you do.
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You would need to consult an online broker, like Ameritrade, or see if there are any stockbrokers with offices in your area. They need to have a seat (or be affiliated with someone who does) on the NYSE to trade in stocks on that exchange. NASDAQ operates differently and there are a lot of other stock exchanges as well.
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Incase if you are Indian citizen working in US. You might to be open NRI online share trading accounts. Here lot of banks and private co will provide this service.\nMore details send me email.
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Etrade offers investment club package.  You will have to apply for a tax id and all of that fun so you don't avoid paying taxes and then you will need to decide on the acess to account and the rest of the fun stuff.  But call or go to etrade.com and search for it.  \n\nRival
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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.