How To Buy And Sell Shares

Instructions

# 1

Understand how the stocks. Stocks are a form of equity investments, because when you buy shares of stock you actually get partial ownership of this company. When a company is doing well, his value increases, so does the value of the shares.

# 2

Join the National Association of Investors Corporation (NAICS) for access to a program of buying cheap stocks. Members may buy shares in a long list of companies pay as little as $ 10 per month as a way to raise a nest egg slowly. The cost to attend NAICS is less than $ 50 per year and includes a monthly subscription to a newspaper on investment.

# 3

Learn the trade. Securities traded on three major exchanges in the United States: New York Stock Exchange, which includes some of the largest companies in the world, the American Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ National Market System, an electronic exchange. Each exchange trades shares of different companies, so when you select a company to invest, find that changes, he was traded monitor.

# 4

Visit different stores. Growth stocks are stocks of relatively inexpensive for companies that have a good opportunity to increase in value. Income stocks are less opportunities for growth, but consistently produce big dividends. Other titles in value, which are the transformation in growth stocks, cyclical stocks, which are tied to economic ups and downs, and international stocks, which are securities of foreign companies, which may or may not be traded U.S. exchanges.

# 5

Clarify your investment goals. Do you need to save for your retirement or are looking to buy a house within two years? Or are you looking for investments that produce income? In general, the longer your investment, more aggressive you can afford to be.

# 6

Determine how stocks fit into its overall portfolio. Actions, like all investments, you must have a limited part of your estate according to your financial plan. Construction of an asset allocation for your portfolio to decide where you should go to stocks, and stick to that percentage. As the increase in stocks and the loss of value, you may need to buy or sell to maintain the expected distribution.

# 7

Start with simple parameters. Pick companies you know and products you know. Did you use? Are they good?

# 8

Understand the fundamental principles underlying companies whose shares you buy. These include markets where they are, their balance sheet (assets and liabilities) and their competitors. Another indicator is the benefit of past and current business and how it relates to the number of shares that the company has outstanding (known as earnings per share). This is an issue closely monitored among professional investors.

# 9

population analysis for consideration by research firms like Morningstar and Valueline, selling subscriptions to their reports. Local libraries are issues in general, the past.

# 10

Calculate the stock price / earnings (P / E). This ratio divides the share price of the shares of their earnings per share. This shows what expensive stock prices in relation to the real income of the company. In general, the higher the P / E, the greater the potential of the company may be priced in stocks.

# 11

Get professional help. The avenue is a more conventional brokerage where you can get firsthand advice from a broker. But you pay a commission for all transactions (which, by the house, may be important). See How to choose a stockbroker.

# 12

See online brokerages and discount houses. Commissions are low, jobs are fast, and research resources are often long, but do not hold hands.

# 13

Fit the image to fit your needs and temperament: Invest in stocks at risk only if you have a stomach and a time to overcome the fluctuations of the market.

# 14

Diversify for greater safety. When you buy more shares, mix things up. Buy shares in different industries, and balance aggressive stocks with more conservative choice.