Thursday, August 30, 2007

How To Buy Stocks - 6 Tips How To Buy Stocks

One of the best ways to make a nice profit is buy low and sell high.

The stock market is ideal to do this, however you need to know how to buy stocks.

Some people are doing it wrong and they lose money. Sit back, relax and take some time to read this
advice on how to buy stocks. Don’t worry buying stocks is not difficult at all.

Tip 1 # Stock broker

Signing up with a stock broker is the first step you have to take.
You can find a lot of stock brokers online. Make sure you read every letter of their terms and services very careful.

You don’t want to find “hidden fees’.

A few respected brokers are Scottrade, Ameritrade and Saxobank.

Tip 2 # Deposit.

If you would like to trade stocks you will have to spend some money.

Send your broker a deposit so that he can purchase your stocks.
How much you have to deposit depends from company to company.
Some brokers don’t even need a deposit.

Tip 3 # Fill in forms

Make sure everything is all right when it comes to taxes.

Your broker will send you some forms.
Before you can do your first trade you will have to fill them in.
Whether if you like it or not your broker has to report your stock trades to the IRS.

Tip 4 # Your fist trade.

If you have send back the forms you are allowed to do your first trade now.

Hundreds of books have been written about how to trade stocks.

However I can give you a small tip look at the graphics history and look for a pattern.

Tip 5 # Advice

If you want to make money you will have to listen to a professional stock trader.

Don’t hesitate to invest some of your money in stock education material.

Or signup with an online stock information forum, make online friend their and learn from the success and failures from other people.

I’m sure you have found this article useful.

Buying stocks can be very profitable but it’s a learning curve.

Don’t be afraid to make mistakes and don’t spend all your money in one stock.

Never spend more than you can’t afford to lose.

Good luck with your stock trading adventure.


By: Frederik Deglande