Question: How to buy stocks and make money?
I have about $200.00 that I can spend... I would like to buy some stocks. My question is which company should I buy into and how?
Answer:
Here's what will happen to your $200.
- Initial balance: $200
- Transfer from your bank account to your brokers' account: $20
- Making your first trade: $25
- Remaining balance: $155
- Buying 70 shares of SIRI at around $2.20 each: $154
- Now you have to wait for SIRI to go up to 3.21 to break even! (your breakup cost is $225 because of the extra trade you willl make selling)
Not worth it at all!
Minimum should be $5,000, or else forget about it.
Source: I trade stocks and I write about stocks at http://fadi.el-eter.com
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Beginner’s Books on Investing
"Which Is Better, Buy-and-Hold or Market Timing?"
"Do You Have What It Takes to Be a Market Timer
Droke, Clif - Technical Analysis Simplified
Kahn, Michael N. - Tech. Anal. Plain & Simple
Kamich, Bruce M. - How Technical Analysis Works
Lefevre, Edwin - Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
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Lofton, Todd - Getting Started in Futures
Lowenstein, Roger - Buffet (Warren)-The Making of a Capitalist
O'Neil, William J.- How to Make Money in Stocks
Oz, Tony - How to Make Money From Wall Street
Rotella, Robert P. - Elements of Successful Trading, The
Schwager, Jack - Stock Market Wizards
Douglas, Mark - Trading in the Zone
Nassar, David – Rules of the Trade
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Wasendorf, Russell - All About Futures
Slutsky, Scot and Darrell Jobman - Complete Guide to Electronic Futures Trading, The
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds" by Charles Mackay
The Intelligent Investor, by Benjamin Graham
One Up on Wall Street, by Peter Lynch
Common Stocks, Uncommon Profits, by Philip A. Fisher
Stocks for the Long Run, by Jeremy Siegel
Bulls Make Money, Bears Make Money, Pigs Get Slaughtered, by Gallea
Trading for a Living, by Alexander Elder
From Riches to Rags, by I.C. Freeley
Millionaire Traders, Lein & Schlosberg
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In recent quarters, the company has reported “monster” sales and profit growth. In the third quarter, sales and earnings popped 24%, and speculation began to heat up that Monster might be an acquisition target by Red Bull or one of the major soft drink companies. Monster will report earnings in late February.
Top 5 Emerging Growth Stocks to Buy for February in 2012 – Eagle Rock Energy Partners
Eagle Rock Energy Partners (NASDAQ:EROC) is a player in the midstream and upstream segments of the oil and natural gas business, and the company has natural gas gathering and processing facilities in the Texas Panhandle, east Texas/Louisiana, south Texas, west Texas and the Gulf of Mexico. In total, the company has about 5,500 miles of pipeline, 19 processing plants and 600 operated producing wells.
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Looking forward, the analyst community is expecting annual sales growth of 35.1% and earnings growth of 800% in the fourth quarter. In the past three months, the analyst community has revised their consensus earnings estimate 80% higher. Eagle Rock will report fourth-quarter earnings after the market close on Wednesday, Feb. 22, and I want to make sure I’m in line to profit from a strong report.
I'd do a mutual fund (That's where you're pretty much investing in a BUNCH of companies). You buy 1 share of a mutual fund and it's like buying part of a share of 100 different companies, it's a lot safer.
Or I'd do bonds, that is a guaranteed profit. Let's say you buy a treasury bond for $50 and it'll say like 5-10-20 years or however many it depends, and at that time you get a guaranteed $100. Those are 100% that you won't lose your money unless the US government goes away.
To buy stocks you need to go through a licensed middle man, it kind of sucks but you gotta pay someone to buy you stocks.
Popular stock trading websites are www.scottrade.com or www.etrade.com
Online through websites like those is probably the most common way right now.
If you want to invest another way you could buy gold or silver and pray that their prices rise and then resell it, that is just a different type of investment.
A few investing rules are if it sounds too good to be true than it is and invest in something you support. If you buy a whole lot of pepsi and you think that is a good stock then invest in that.
Also another thing you could do it invest in currencies. If you think that canadian money will rise in value faster than the US then convert your $200 dollars into canadian money and then if it rises you could convert it back into US money and hopefully the Canadian money you have will be worth $210.
Make sure you understand and research everything you invest in.
Do nothing until you know what kinds of stocks to buy and under what circumstances to sell. Go to the local library to find books on stock investing. A few good books to start with include "The Intelligent Investor" by Benjamin Graham, "Secret Code of the Superior Investor" by James K Glassman, and "The Future for Investors" by Jeremy Siegel.
Also see Invest in Stocks.
Avoid the common mistakes that plague new comers to the stock market, chief among which is speculation in stocks.
Put your finances in order. Pay off as much debt as you can and minimize the loans you're taking out. Ideally, all high interest rate loans should be completely paid off first, and the only loan, if any, you should have is mortgage on the home you live in.
Build three to six months worth of expense in a separate savings account before you start buying stocks.
Make a wish list of stocks to buy.
Choose a reliable discount broker. Since this is a fast changing field, just search online for "discount stock brokers" and see what comes up.
Minimizing fees and expenses is key to successful investing. Most discount brokers charge less than $10 commission per trade, regardless the size of the trade
Send the broker an initial deposit of funds. (Your broker needs this money to purchase your stocks.) The usual minimum is $2000 but can be as little as $500.00. Some online brokers don't require a deposit at all.
Your broker must report your stock trades to the IRS. You will need to fill out the required forms and mail them back to the broker, possibly even before they will allow you to make your first trade.
Select your stock, notifying your broker of the company's "symbol" (a 1-4-letter code), the price you're willing to pay per share, and the length of time for which your offer will be valid (e.g. Single day vs. Good till Cancelled).
dude, forget buying a stock outright with 200 USD/ You need leverage!