Whats a good website for beginning investors in the stock market?
955833
Fool.com is indeed a good site as one of your responders mentioned.  I second that.  I have two on line brokerage accounts. One at TD Ameritrade and one at Fidelity.  Fidelity is more expensive but their research offerings run circles around TD Ameritrade.  There are even less expensive on line brokers.  Scottrade is one.  There are also other on line brokers that I am sure are very good.  Etrade comes to mind.  Go to your book store or library and get the book, "Investing for Dummies" It is a good introductory book on investing.   You really need to learn a little more about investing before you begin.
1005823
http://www.mbakercorp.com/   Go to the investor section
782663
Metastock and Tradestation are supposed to be the best, but expensive.\n\nI use Stockwiz for French stocks and end-of-day trading. It's completely programmable, which is what I wanted, but the programming language is somewhat primitive. There is a lot of information and examples on the website.  \n\nhttp://www.stockwiz.com/\n\nCaveat:\n- You still need a service to get your daily stockquotes, which is most likely *not* free
1086470
if your a forex newbie the best place to START is babypips.com\nyou'll learn lots there.... also go to day-trading-mind... lots of good info there.....  both sites have links to people and places for free info................   if you have any questions email me....  i am a newbie too!  :)
6109
http://www.investopedia.com/\nwill give you all the info you will ever need and also give you use of there simulator so you can try what you have learned before you spend your own money.
231668
www.investopedia.com - check out the trading simulator
383838
Yes, Scottrade and Ameritrade are probably the best brokers online for you to open an account with.  Be sure to verify that there aren't extra fees for accounts under a certain dollar amount, because if they charge you $25 per month like some brokers do, it won't take long for you to lose all your money in fees.  I think Ameritrade recently eliminated the account minimums, but I'm not entirely sure about that.\n\nI'd also suggest Sharebuilder as a good tool if you're looking to buy in to a few good companies and just hold the shares. \n\nBest of luck to you, and kudos for starting so soon.
296994
here you go...\nhttp://www.stock-trading-advice.com/stock-trading-software.html
169837
A good site to this type of research for free is Morningstar.   Although it has a premium subscription for some of its research, it also provides good, basic mutual fund information for free.  You can also check the quarterly mutual fund roundups in Business Week, Forbes, and Fortune, as well as the New York Times and Wall Street Journal.
792815
Hi, i suggest a great site with plenty of Issues related to your Investing and everything around it. it also provide clear and accurate answer to many common questions.\n\nhttp://investing.sitesled.com/\n\nI am sure that you can get your answers in this website.\n\nGood Luck and Best Wishes!
58820
http://www.investors.com/\nhttp://www.barchart.com/\nhttp://finance.yahoo.com/\nhttp://www.elitetrader.com/ (just for the jokes)
569101
Go with SHAREBUILDER.COM   FREE (only 12 bucks per month for some bells/whistles)\n\nI love it! \n\nNO minimum to invest.\n\n\nEasy to use.....\n\nGreat service!
918168
If you live in the U S, you might want to go to the book store and buy "Investing for Dummies".  It will be a big benefit in giving you a head start.  \n\nOne thing that many beginning investors due is to buy shares in one or more mutual funds.  By doing that there is less risk, of making a really bad investment and loosing a lot of money.  Many mutual funds however due have a period of time 30 to 90 days in which they will charge you a redemption fee if you sell the shares. \n\nMany successful investors buy shares with the intention of holding them for a very long period of time.  That way if they have purchased shares in growing companies, the value of their shares grows with the companies and continues to grow without having to pay taxes to the government in the mean time.  \n\nMutual funds unfortunately are required by law to distribute their realized gains annually on which one does have to pay taxes.  But there is a newer form of fund now available called an index fund that has very little realized gains and therefore little in the way of taxes.  \n\nThe minimum amout somewhat varies.  Some brokers will let you open an account with as little as $500.  And some mutual funds have a minimum initial investment of about $500.  Many however are in the $2000 to $2500 range and some even more. \n\nThe kind of shares I would recommend would be shares in companies that have an established record over at least 10 years and that are selling at a reasonable price relative to their earnings and that pay a dividend.
544410
I came across a perosnal website by R. Kannan on the subject of investmnet. The site is http://www.geocities.com/kstability/student/kgl/invest1.html\n\nWhile investment basics are the same everywhere, there are intricacies related to market regulations in different countries. If your goal is investment, then a logical place to start after reading investment basics article ( link above) would be to subscribe to a financial publication ( Financial Times etc ) and stay abreast of market developments. Market knowledge is something you acquire over time and if you devote a little time every day, you may notice the difference in your understanding of the market in as little as 1 month. But that would be just a start. Stay informed and the best way of doing that is keeping pace with the market
897124
If you want to invest in the stock market I would suggest first seeing what the best traders are buying and selling.  Check out http://www.top10traders.com - this is a free site that lets you create a portfolio of stocks with $100,000 in "play" money.  Each day the site ranks the best performing portfolios, so you can see how your picks perform compared to other investors.  You can also read posts on investing from the best traders, as well as share your own investing ideas.\n\nHere are this month's best traders:\n\nhttp://www.top10traders.com/Top10Standings.aspx \n\nMy stock recommendation would be PWI, a stock I own personally.  This is a Canadian Royalty Trust that pays a great dividend.  The stock has sold off recently, so I think the price is good.\n\nGood luck!
1086835
visit www.stocksidea.com for every answer
436540
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.