When is the right time to invest in the stock market?

Question

I know what the stock market is and that you must contact a broker. Would it be possible to have individual and direct involvement? How? Do any of you know a website that can teach "trading" and "stock-no-how"? Are the profits even worth investing in the stock market?

Answer 1

It's always a good time and always a bad time. I prefer to utilize game based websites so that you can get the feeling of buying/selling and understand how commissions effect your profit. kaChing is a good one. In the real life I prefer Scottrade but for the most part your broker is simply an interface preference along with a cost determination based upon how many trades you plan to make. In general I would recommend that you study for a minimum of 3 months. The next piece is to read online portfolios and understand both the good and the bad decisions that people make. You can view these at sites like kaChing or sites where people post their picks (mine is http://www.investmenttheories.com). The final piece of the puzzle involves talking with people and I don't mean on a message board. Find a knowledgeable and experienced friend that you can simply discuss topics with. Once you are comfortable discussing you know that you have enough knowledge to begin.

In terms of profits, it can certainly be worthwhile, but it can also cost you, ultimately, I believe it's worth it, but it comes down to what you're comfortable with.

Answer 2

many stocks and mutual funds can be bought directly from the company

or fund manager. if you know the ticker symbol you can type it in your

search bar or in like yahoo finance. and get information on the stock.

once or twice a year money magazine lists and rates every mutual

fund and bond fund according to their class, what they invest in, how

they did for the last 10 years. their phone no's are listed, you can

call and see if they are taking new investors and get a prospectus

and application sent to you. some stocks can only be bought through

a certain broker. if you plan on doing numerous trades a day you

will need to set up an account with someone like charles schwab

or other online broker. before i bought anything i would get a

prrospectus and do a little research. now is probably not the best

time for a novice to be playing the market.

Answer 3

Well, don't forget you can use any of the about 20 websites, and almost every good bank to invest in the market.



trading is WAY to vast, but if you read alittle on each trading website, you'll learn so much. That's all I did, and I am up 600% since I started.



MSN money is nice to research. Zecco has some nice Ed going on.

Just search different topis of the market.



But many pros will tell you, not to invest now, but if it's only alittle, not everything you own, then now might be the time, as now and the next year, the market, and the ecomomy will improve.

So buy while it's small.

Answer 4

IT is good time to invest!!!! and it is possible to get direct involvement using sogotrade, sogotrade website teaches you all the basic about stock-no-how and trade



Personally, I think sogotrade is best among all online brokerages. You can get a lot of free trades: about 100 free trades with 500 minimum deposits. It has very good customer services, it also has live help, and you can chat with representatives about any question. After that, only 3 dollar for each trade, pretty sweet when compared with other online brokerages.

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Answer 5

There is never a 'right' time to invest in the stock market. There is a saying that there's always a bull market somewhere during a bearmarket as there is always a bearmarket during a bullmarket. Good luck.

Answer 6

Dividend Reinvestment Plan. A plan offered by a corporation that allows investors to reinvest their cash dividends by purchasing additional shares or fractional shares on the dividend payment date...Directly from the Corporation.

This is a Forbes Mag. website Investopedia that teaches about stocks http://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/dividendreinvestmentplan.asp and http://www.wall-street.com/direct.html.

This website has DRIP for many corporations such as Microsoft, E*Trade, Dell etc.......http://www.amstock.com/main/

Profits can materialize with capital gains of up to 2x the investment. Of course one could also lose all their money too.

Answer 7

to have individual and direct involvement, you can trade online instead of going through a (human) broker. a broker gives you advice on where to invest and charges a lot of commission but with online trading, you make all your decisions (and maybe lose a lot of money!) you can use Scottrade, Etrade or Charles Schwab for online trading and it's pretty inexpensive. as far as the right time, it's impossible to say b/c in the short-term you never know what's coming tomorrow. to learn about stocks i would suggest yahoo finance or money.cnn.com. but be carefulll!!! as stocks are not guaranteed like bank accounts and your money can disappear overnight.

Answer 8

Now is a bad time to be investing in stocks. The economy is getting worse and we just had a huge "suckers rally." Instead, I suggest you go on eBay and start buying gold and silver coins. However, if you really want to get involved in the stock market, get a broker. I use Scottrade and Zecco because I think they provide the most bang for the buck.



Then, use finance.yahoo.com to find the stock symbols of whatever companies you are interested in. Then, buy them using your online broker.