how can I invest in long term stock..?
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Mutual funds let you start with low amounts. If not knowledgeable an index mutual fund is best + is cheapest in internal cost. Schwab.com or 1 of the others makes opening an account easy. If no IRA - open 1 1st. I would chose a global index fund right now\n. SWINX if going with schwab
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commodity is a sure way to make $ quickly but also loose all of it very quickly.  Set up sharebuilder and research and choose a stock of an established company.  put in $500 each time over the next 12 months into that stock ( that's 4 x @ $4 each time). or buy $150 each month over 12 months or even more... as now you've just started the process of investing on very little savings.. Otherwise, set up and scot or etrade and day tray on established companies.
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You can invest at least $10 a month to buy Microsoft at http://www.mystockfund.com/ or if you have at least $500 you can open a brokerage account at scottrade.com\n\nTop 10 Answerer in Business & Finance.
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Try invest in a global equity fund with www.vanguard.com.
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The best way to do anything yourself is to learn something about it first. You'd be surprised at the thousands of books available on this one subject at your local library.\n\nBut most people spend more time deciding the color of their new car, than they do on a mutual fund advisor, for example. \n\nAre you really wanting to do this yourself, or are you asking about someone who is an expert who can do it for you?\n\nIf you invest in the stock market right now, or just buy into all the ETF's you can afford, it's a crap shoot, like rolling the dice, and the odds are probably not in your favor, whether you have an expert fund manager or not, because mutual funds are always "in" the market.\n\nThey say "Buy and Hold" for the long term is better, but that depends on when you get in, and what your definiton of "long term" is. \n\nThe Dow is now approaching all-time highs last seen in Jan 2000, so if your long-term definition is more than seven years, then you won't mind waiting another seven years for a profit. There have been periods of over twenty years when the Dow went nowhere. This is not investing, but rather blind hope.\n\nFor most people, the name of the game is capital preservation. When the risks are high, like right now, you get out of the stock and bond markets and park your cash in a interest bearing money market fund or CD or Treasury Bill.\n\nThis is simply not a good entry point for investors. Be patient, wait a few months, and you'll be able to buy much more stock a lot cheaper, the risks will be lower (even though they will seem higher), and your chance of success greater.\n\nIf you wish to research the “Buy and Hold Strategy” further, or perhaps trade yourself, I recommend two book titles. One is called "Which Is Better, Buy-and-Hold or Market Timing?" The other is "Do You Have What It Takes to Be a Market Timer?" They will give you plenty to think about.
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Start by asking your bank what you can do to save $ for the long run. Maybe a IRA plan? Do you have a full time JOB...if so, ask your employer if they have a 401K plan or anything similar. Stocks too me is just like gambling your money. But whatever suits you
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You can trade shares online.\nA popular format for online investors is FOREX trading (foreign exchange) .. it takes a few weeks to learn but you can make big bucks. however you can lose out as well.
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Buy stock of GTL as many as you can.\nBelieve me, you will bathe in gold one day.
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I agree with the previous answers as a method to make your investments. Does your employer offer a 401(k) or other savings plan? If not, try calling a company like Fidelity or Vanguard mutual fund and ask about an Automatic Investment Plan.\n\nTo achieve an appropriate investing 'mindset' for long-term investing in U.S. stocks, it may help to look at a chart of the dow jones average over the years 1928 through 2005. You'll see a graph with a line that increases with time (i.e., average returns of roughly 10% per year). This shows that the U.S. economy/stock market was able to bounce back from an economic depression, various recessions, rampant inflation, and various wars/conflicts. As an investor in the U.S. stock market, this information helps me to sleep at night.
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You may want to talk to a financial advisor and discuss investments that would help you meet your financial objectives. \n\nIf you are interested in individual stocks you may want to consider a hypothetical portfolio, on paper, in order to experience how difficult (proper) investment selection and diversification can be to achieve.
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There are plenty of ways to invest and also plenty of investments in which you can loose your money. \n\nfarm land. buy it and rent it out to farmers or go shares\n\nrental properties. maintenance can be a nightmare though, but the tax advantages are terrific\n\nrare coins, stamps, baseball cards, comic books, etc. but you have to spend a lot of time and energy persuing that venue. \n\nvacation home. but not in a huricane prone area.\n\nthose are some of your options. Now let's talk stocks\n\nYou say you are invested in stocks but how diversified is your portfolio?  Do you have 50% of your porfolio invested outside the U S? Is a portion invested where the future growth is expected to be? India, China
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Whatever you can afford.  The best way to get started is to figure out how much extra money that you have at the end of the month.  Make sure that it is money that you plan on investing for the long term.  You don't have to invest a big lump sum.  \n\nThe best strategy for a beginner is to systematically, dollar cost average into a low cost mutual fund.  Find yourself a good no load, index or growth fund and set up an account to automatically take a fixed amount from your bank account every month.  When the market is low, you are buying more shares and when the market is high, you are buying less shares.  You will find that you won't miss the money and in a short period of time you will discover the power of dollar cost averaging combined with the compounding of money.  Good luck!!
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Invest better.\n\nCoach
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Try Vanguard for mutual funds , or Scotttrade if you have some trading abilities.
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I would open an account with sharebuilder, there are very cheap and you do not have to buy tons of stocks. They have good investment tools also. In my opinion, the most important thing is to be consistant and make sure you are putting something away every week or month. It becomes a good habit and the money starts to pile up.
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You can buy stock/mutul funds/CDs. But, it depends on when in the future do you need the money.
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Check out Investopedia.com. They have a lot of good investing tools & an investing simulator where you can invest $1oo,ooo in virtual money. You can buy stocks at their present value & your "portfolio" is updated every 20 minutes i believe.