Question: I want to invest in stocks and bonds, but where do I start?

I am from CANADA, so I believe I need to be using a CANADA online trading website, right?

Anyways, I want to start investing in some stocks and bonds, but don't know where to start or where to go. All I know is that there are many online stock trading websites out there.

Answer:

The last thing you do is open a trading account.

If you don't understand the basics, how could you pick the right on-line trading website for you?
How would you avoid making typical, newbie, costly mistakes?

Learn the basics first. Read some books. This will be real money you'll be playing with.

is good an investment. but also try going into real business like restaurant;not big but starting small.

look for discount online broker for canada. check out the fees on investing for any site you find. Then you can invest in any stock in any country the broker sends tax form to you at end of year with tax info. makes it easy and simple.

I would invest in dividend paying stocks and etfs and funds. that way you make money when market goes up or down and can buy more with each dividend payment. utilities, oil companies and bonds would be good start. you could invest in funds or etfs for each sector. the etfs cost less and hold a lot of companies.

One other way is to buy dividend etfs for whole market. sdy dvy vig hold some of the top companies and pay dividnds.