How do I invest in bank stock?
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Do research & pick the bank that you think has the best prospects.\nTransfer money to a stock broker and then buy the stock.
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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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I started by starting a Mutual Fund and having the bank deduct a certain amout from my account each month. Then later I started buying individual stocks later on. Has worked well for me.
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If you have to ask this question, I would recommend that you not even pursue this course until you have studied the existing options for investing.  If you are referring to buying stock commonly traded on an exchange, you have several options, none of which is advisable for a beginner, nor for someone who does not have already, considerable savings on hand, especially if you are a student.\n\nIf you are referring to buying equity shares in a private company, then that is a different matter altogether.  Unfortunately, as terminology can vary from country to country, and as you haven't provided many details, it is impossible to reliably advise you.\n\nI will assume you are talking about buying "stocks" on an exchange.  If you are in the United States, one normally opens an account with a broker.  There are online brokers you can use like Scottrade, Ameritrade, etc.  Normally one fills out some paperwork and sends it in with a check/draft/wire deposit.  You can then buy and sell stocks through this broker.  You place an order on a stock, like GE for example, which the broker fills.  \n\nI would experiment with this on quote.yahoo.com before doing it for real.  There are also lots of places you can turn to for investment advice.\n\nA safer thing to do with your money if you are a student (at university if you are out of the house) is to put the money in savings, certificate of deposit, money market fund, or other low risk option.   An option many investors use to buy stock at slightly lower risk is called a mutual fund.  Research these options thoroughly.\n\nGood luck.
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Invest $500 a month in a diversified stock mutual fund (I like Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund). Wait ~30 years and you will have around a million dollars. Most people would hedge their bets by putting some money in bonds, in which case it will take longer. This assumes you have the stomach to handle the volatility of the stock market.
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You can go to the company's home page and find out if they have direct investing options.  You see some companies allow you to buy stock directly through them McDonalds is one such company.  Buying common stock this way allows you to save money on brokerage fees.  Some companies sell for a small fee for 1 or two dollars and others for free. \n\nYou can also talk to a financial advisor.  Your local bank is a good place to start.  You can also find a financial advisor the American Express.  You can also open an account with one of the online trading companies.  However, research these carefully/.  I also suggest setting up a special bank account if you are going to do this.  This will prevent someone from using you online account to completely wipe out your savings.  \n\nOne last thing remember the market is an extremely volatile and you need to research any company prior to investing in it.  And any investment you make may bring larger rewards are extremely large disapointments.\n\nGood Luck!
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First of all you must open a DEMAT Account either with a Bank or with a Broker.\nThen start applying in IPOs till you get some good knowledge of how share market actually works (very soon you will learn that share market doesn't work much on fundamentals but on speculation).\nAnd start buying shares of blue chip companies only, as the mid caps and small caps are more volatile, and entering market without knowledge can be highly dangerous and risky.
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There's no such thing as "European Stock". If you have a particular company in mind that's European and traded on a European exchange, you can either go to a large investment firm's foreign desk and ask to buy those shares or index, or you open an account with a full service bank or investment firm in (almost) any european country.  I'd use a bank in England or Germany.\nAlternatively, you can do an international mutual fund and see whether the companies included are interesting to you.
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Here's a list of companies you can buy stock directly from.\n\nhttps://gateway.equiserve.com/igwweb/content/secure/InvestmentPlans/index_plans_new.asp?PlnPage=PlanSearch&PurchOption=
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well you should start investing small amounts of money.. probably at most US$5000, and trade through online brokers such as Trade King, Ameritrade, Scottstrade, etc. Organize your portfolio in such a way that at least 50% of your stocks are in stable, blue-chip companies. Invest about 35% in mid-risk stocks and check these more frequently. Lastly, invest around 15% in high-risk stocks (usually penny stocks work very well, especially in the biomedical or biotechnological areas) and be sure to check these VERY frequently. Remember, high risk means high potential gain, but it also means high potential loss.
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If for some reason you do not wish to open a stock brokerage account, contact your local bank and ask them if they will buy stock for you.  Also ask them how much they charge.  An on line discount broker will charge you about $10.
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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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Brokerage minimums vary...but Scottrade is $500 to open an account. Check out sharebuilder.com too if you want to buy small chunks..they have plans where you can invest X amount each month into a specific stock.\n\nAlso, some companies allow you to buy stock directly from them. Usually, it's a $250 or so min. Check out the website of a company you are thinking of investing in and look at their investors link. You can also go to www.equiserve.com (they manage direct stock purchase plans for hundreds of companies).\n\nAvoid cheap stocks < $10. They are cheap for a reason and usually of bad quality... Your money is better spent on high quality stocks....especially if it's your first purchase. "expensive" is relative.
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Generally speaking, there is no such thing as cheapest way to invest in stocks.\n\nYou need to have plenty of fluff and lot  of knowledge to really make it in the stock market
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There are two ways you can deal in shares:\n\n1. Contact a local stock broker and request him to create a trading account for you.\n\nYou can then check the current price of Reliance Communications shares and instruct your broker to purchase the number of shares you wish to purchase (depending on your budget).\n\n2. Visit www.icicidirect.com to create an online trading account yourself. The process takes roughly 15 days for the documents to be verified and for your bank account to be linked to the trading account.\n\nYou can then look for the Reliance Communications shares at the various shares listed at the website and purchase them with the click of your mouse. The money will automatically be debited from your linked bank account.
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If you are not into a lot of risk I would recommend proven, blue chip stocks like McDonalds, Coca cola, and others that have a good record and also pay dividends.\n\nIf you don't have a lot of money to invest (less than $5,000) than maybe one of the cheaper investment portfolios like PHY. (around $3 a share)\n\nThe key to any investment is research, research and more research.  Make sure you understand the company and what they do or sell.\n\nI would also recommend one of the online traders since they only charge $7 a trade.  Most like Scottrade and Etrade are very reliable.\n\nOne further recommendation, Yahoo has some excellent tools in yahoo finance to help you including stock screeners and portfolio management.  Before you invest, pick out a few stocks you are thinking about putting your money in and set up a free sample portfolio.  You can set it up to show performance (gains and losses). Watch it for a month or 2 and see how much money you would have gained or lost.  That may give you an idea of profits/risk before you invest any real money.
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Technically, it is extremely simple with today's information era to invest or trade stocks and shares. You simply need to open a trading account, fund that account, buy a stock and sell it later at a higher price for a profit. Simple?\n\nYou can sign up for an online trading account with http://www.sharekhan.com\n\nWell, that simplicity is exactly the sheep skin that hides the wolf beneath. That is exactly the expressway to wasting a lot of money.\n\nInvesting or trading the stock markets never start from opening a trading account... it starts from adequate investment and trading knowledge. There are quite a number of things you need to learn before you can even start thinking of the stock markets ...\n\n1. You need to understand how the stock market works and what it is exactly about.\n\n2. You need to know what are the different styles of trading in stocks and shares. \n\n3. You need to read about why so many people lose their shirts in the stock markets so that you can avoid their mistakes and also decide if this is a risk you want to take.\n\nFor all these issues and more, you can read about them from some of the articles that I wrote at http://www.mastersoequity.com/articles.htm\n\nAfter you are adequately armed with the basic concepts and ideas, you need to know how to find profitable stocks to trade or invest in. You can do that the easy way by subscribing to stock pick services (example http://www.stockpickmaster.com ) or you can learn to use charting tools and softwares to find stocks with parameters that you can pre-define. (example http://www.metastock.com ) \n\nAll in all, investment and trading is a lifelong education and non stop learning. No one is ever done learning and catching up with changes in the markets. \n\nIf you want a reliable, sure fire method to trade the indian market, please go to http://stocklab-india.mastersoequity.com . There, you will also get to read about why most beginners in the share market lose all their money and how to prevent that from happening to you. \n\n\nHope these information helps.