can i just buy small number of shares, say 10 shares? If one share is $28.00, I would only invest around $300-
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you can buy as few shares as you like, but the commission would eat up a larger portion of you available funds, the less you buy
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You can't buy options in that short a time frame, assuming that I understand your question correctly... and what strike price are you looking for?
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Go to the website of the company whose stock you want to buy.  Click on the investors relations link.  There you will find information on whether or not they have a direct purchase program or not.  Usually they will have a link to open an account directly.  If the information is not there, you can usually find contact information to call or email them.\n\nIf you are going to buy 2 or 3 stocks or more, I would recommend using a broker.  This will greatly simplify your life if you ever have to change the title on your accounts or if you need tax info, etc.  It is much easier to deal with one company.  You would also get all of your info on one statement instead of many.  These days the brokerage costs are low enough to make it worth your while.  Just a suggestion.\n\nGood luck.
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You can open a share builder account. I can't tell you which stocks to buy, that would make me your broker.\n\nYou can also learn to trade options, which can also make you alot of money in a short amount of time.
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With brokerage fees so low, why do you care?\n\nYou want a "discount" broker, or online broker, rather than a "full service" broker, which gives advice. A broker is the last person you want to ask for advice. You just need a licensed broker to do a transaction for you.\n\nOr, you might try selling the shares back to the company direct.
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there are mutual funds with small initial investments. $500 for example. Some even less. That is a good way to start. I have included a link through Yahoo finance showing funds of that nature that are rated better than average by Moringstar. Yahoo sometimes does not provide correct information so you need to use this as a starting point and research a little furture. \n\nAnother way is to open an on line brokerage account and buy shares directly in good solid companies that have a good track record and pay dividend that have tended to increase over time, such as BAC, for example. But that is more risky without having at at least 5 and preferably 10 different stocks in your portfolio to reduce the risk of a piece of bad news causing disaster. You also have the option of buying exchange traded index funds. That is an inexpensive method to participate in general market trends. I personally do not like the idea, but a lot of people do.
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I've done that with what I call 'loose change'.  Sometimes I've got a few dollars sitting around, obviously not going to make a lot of interest and not large enough for something substantial.  If some risky thing has been going down but I still feel it worth holding onto (its kinda fun when you sweat over a $90 stock moving a couple of bucks while a stock selling for less than a dime now goes for a buck or two, and yes, I've had that happen), then making an extra small trade can average down the value of your position.  When the stock starts to tick up for whatever reasons, you now have a lower break-even or profit point.  Again, it is only if you've got a few bucks left not doing anything and at Scottrade for $7 plus a half-point, it doesn't hurt much.  Of course, I also got a couple that are cluttering up my list because it will cost more to sell than they are worth today but that is part of the risk, right?
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For every share sold, there is a share bought; \nfor every seller, there is a buyer.\nThe money that you lost might have gone to a short-seller who first sold the stock at $40 and then bought it back at $30, or it might have gone to somebody who bought the stock at $30 and will (in the future) sell the stock at $40. (By the way - the company itself might have been the buyer!)\nBottom line is that the $10 did NOT go INTO your pocket, it came OUT of your pocket!
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you can get an account with etrade or ameritrade\n\nmin number is one share
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Lynn, \nAssuming that you already have some liquid cash set aside in the event of some financial disaster (recommended 3-6 months of fixed expenses), the easiest (and safest) way to invest with little money is in a mutual fund. There are some fund families that will allow you to invest with as little as $100 if you set up a bank draft with them. Saving this way has been proven to be the least painless way to save because it will happen automatically and you'll be surprised how fast it will accumulate. Another advantage to this style of investing is that you take advantage of a somewhat sophisticated investment method called dollar cost averaging. Basically, you are investing a set amount at a set time each month. On months when the price of your mutual fund is up you will buy less shares of the fund. On months when the fund price is down you will buy more shares of the fund. Over time, this is a great way to lower your average price per share. The final advantage to investing in the manner that I have described is that you are limiting the risk that you are exposed to. One small investment in a mutual fund is actually used to buy hundreds of companies. (That is what happens to the money that you are investing) Because they are able to invest in so many different companies, your risk is spread out among all the companies that are represented in the fund. You'll probably get some people recommending D.R.I.P investments because you mentioned you didn't have much to invest. I would not recommend this because in a drip you are buying a small amount of shares in one company so all your risk is tied up in the fate of that one company. Good luck and save as aggressively as you are comfortable with.
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I'm not aware of any limits.  You can buy or sell as many as you want.  In some developed markets if you buy more than approx 30% of the stock you can be forced to make an offer for the remaining 70%.
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Check out the nasdaq website. Look up that company, find out how much one share of stock is selling for. Then find out the number of available shares. Then multiply the two. That's your answer.\n\nThat doesn't mean you could buy the company for that figure, but that will answer your question.
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There are lots of mutual funds that will take $100 to get you started.  So a search in Yahoo Finance or MSN for funds that start with a min investment of $100.  I have been an investment advisor for over 23 years.
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Depends how much money you have.  Such nores not available in small batches...as far as I know.... but in large groups.... you u got few millions..then u may be lucky contacting some brokers...
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u flat out cant buy shares from them because of the size of the company. they will let u see them..,but as u know it says "so and so is not available on sharebuilder". ur 100% right though..,penny stocks can have very high returns more than companies such as Microsoft or apple. u need to find the right ones. i have a few..,if your interested let me know i can share them with u. but remember, sharebuilder wont buy them for you.\n dereksamm@yahoo.com
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Just sell enough shares to cover the amount of money you originally invested.  For instance, if you put $1000.00 in a stock that was $0.50/share when you bought it, you should have around 2000 shares.  If the stock is now $1.00/share and you want to take out your initial investment, just sell 1000 shares.  Your sale should net around $1000.00 or 1000 shares which leaves only the profit invested.  You can then use the original $1000.00 to invest in another stock.
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When just starting out and you are sure you want to invest in individual companies, sharebuilder.com is a legite place to invest. Others are ETrade, Fidelity, TDAmeritrade, ScottTrade.\n\n I want to warn you that with a small amount of capital and investing in individual stocks, you will be subject to certain risks particular to the individual securities that you buy, because you do not have enough capital to become fully diversified. That is just a warning.  I did it. You can too. Your other option is to buy mutual funds.  That way you will be less subject to individual risk.  Of course if you buy one stock and that stock doubles in price in a matter of months, that is a good feeling.  If on the other hand if you buy one stock and that stock looses half of its value in a matter of weeks that is not such a good feeling.  It has happened to me often. \n\nI have accounts with both Fidelity and TDAmeritrade. TD is less expensive but Fidelity has better research facilities. To me the research is worth the few extra dollars. I do not know what research Sharebuilder supplies but I think I have heard that they have some.  Maybe someone will respond and provide that information.