Note – 7 banks failed (not 11). I was reading the incorrect header.
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FDIC bank list failures
http://www.fdic.gov/bank/individual/failed/banklist.html
Charts used at end for dollar & S&p500 from
http://www.freestockcharts.com
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I want to invest in stocks of an Australian company on-line but I’m not sure if you can do this with a US stock broker. I’m also not an Australian citizen.
You can, but you need a broker. Get a Schwab.com online account, or something similar with your bank, or whatever, tell them exactly which company, and they will make it happen. Or you could google the company and try to find a more direct route to buy stock, it exists. One more option is to contact an Australian broker and invest through them. You’ll probably need a bank that can wire your money to an Australian account.
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I was told to do stock options over investing in stocks? Yet,I find the risk factor is too high in options. So I rather invest more in stocks and see what type of outcome manifests itself. What would be the first step? Besides going on these sights like Etrade etc. Is wall street still open for the little guy? Please help!!!
The first step is to educate yourself. There are many books on investing (Investing for Dummies?), and many, many online sites that can help. Every major investment company has a web site with educational info (Schwb, Vanguard, Fidelity, T Rowe Price). Also every mutual fund company. Most novice investors start with money markets and mutual funds. See Morningstar.com for info and fund evaluations.
You need to understand a) the risk of whatever you invest in. There are different kinds of risk, and EVERY investment has SOME kind of risk, even Treasuries.
b) how the investment works: will it produce interest income, dividend income, capital gains, tax writeoffs? How valuable each of these is to you depends in part on your tax bracket and what your goals are (how far along in life you are–are you investing shortterm and need money in x years or months, or are you investing for your children’s education or for your own retirement?) Don’t invest in anything you don’t understand!
c) if someone is selling this product to you, what is their commission? Some products cost 7% upfront. This reduces the amount that is actually invested. If you are buying online, what is the per-trade commission? Are cheap commissions important to you, or is it more important to have a person you can talk to and ask questions of? This will determine WHO you invest with.
Here’s a web site with lots of info:
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/i/investmentpyramid.asp
And here’s a picture of the "investment risk pyramid", showing least risky investments, going up to the most risky investments.
http://i.investopedia.com/inv/articles/site/investment_pyramid.gif
Good luck to you!
I want to invest in stocks, but I want to do it myself and get into the action of the stock market. I don’t want a stockbroker.
Im a trader that had similar questions to what your asking – the answer is YES – thats what ameritrade, etrade, scott trade etc do for you – allow you to directly control your action.
Apparently you’re just learning and thats actually what i do – i help teach people like yourself. Take a look at my group of 13,000 people that i started on myspace 2 years ago for this reason – just started a new one for stocks too.
I will personally help you set up your trading account.
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I am trying to invest money in stocks but I don’t know anything about them and I don’t want to lose my money. Please give me info and details.
It’s not the stock that makes you money, it’s what you do with it. You need a method. Consider the books listed on the front page:
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i was thinking of entering the stock market world and start investing, i have to admit that i am young and only in high school, but i have such an attraction to the stock market. i plan to use the money to save up and help pay my tuition for college. Ive been reading about stocks and researching but i need help in going into it.
How could i start ? What could i do as of now to help me invest properly, and what tips could you give me once ive started ?
thanks in advance.
You can do a general course in Economics to get the background of the industry and basic knowledge etc then an Investments course at college. You should also enlist a professional stock-broker to explain to you the current market trends etc and get them to explain and teach you about what they do. Also you could volunteer for work experience at a Brokerage Firm, you will learn all the jargon and many other things…
Stocks are rather complicated as there are so many influences, predictable AND unpredictable. Sometimes you do your homework and lose, other times you take a punt and purely get lucky… its not only skill but luck comes into the draw as well.
Make sure you have researched the financial reports for the companies you wish to buy shares in and reading the financial review daily is a must.
You can try your hand without it costing you anything by investing an imaginary $1000 into shares then assess how the shares are doing each day (plot values on a graph for each share so you can see if there is a trend and also know what influences caused the share price to go up or down). Set yourself a period of say a month then calculate how much you have made or lost on the original $1000.
There is also expensive share/trading software you can use for share price and trend predictions but the results are all based on computer algorithms (ie calculation of probabilities and you never really know which way a share will go unless you came back from the future!)
Another good idea is to invest in currency – when USD is strong, buy other currencies, when the other currencies are weak, convert em back to USD etc.. but you have to get the timing right.
I’m 18 years old, living his parents, its my final year in High school. Which stocks would good for me to buy ? I’m planning to use only $100 for now.
Do u think APPLE is good company to invest in or any better suggestion ??
Try Direct Reinvestment Plans…Go to wall-street.com. They have a list of companies that have direct reinvestment plans..meaning that you could buy one share at a time..It is the best way to go…especially for an 18 year old…You could save $100 bucks and invest in a Blue Chip Stock such as Apple, Pfizer; Ford; GM; Microsoft; Clorox; Walmart; Cisco; Johnson & Johnson; Yahoo; Google; and so many more…Apple is a great company…See if they are on this plan before talking to a broker…or buying on line…The dividends from these stocks go into buying more shares…It is great. That is how I accumulated 180 shares of Pfizer..and 59 shares of Clorox and 60 shares of Johnson & Johnson. For you I would go this route…Do a search also: Direct Reinvestment Plans for stocks…and see what comes up. Good Luck. This could be your ticket to having alot of money when you are in your 30’s…..think of it as a future investment for our country…Good Luck