Stocks are listed and traded on stock exchanges which are specialized in bringing buyers and sellers stocks together. Although there are many more intricacies and terminology to how stock exchanges operate, in the simplest form they function to bring buyers and sellers together.
Once you have opened a brokerage account and done your research to find a investment that best suits your objectives, you will need to put in a trade (aka. order) with your broker. Each broker will likely have a different interface for submitting an order, but all of them will require at least the following information:
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There is no way around it, when you invest your money you are taking a risk of losing some or all of it. In exchange for this risk you have a potential reward of getting back more than you invested. Maximizing your potential reward while minimizing your risk is what smart investing is all about.
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Have you ever heard the saying “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket”? That’s essentially what Portfolio Diversification is all about. Portfolio Diversification is reducing risk in your portfolio by using a variety of different investments and asset classes . The idea being that a variety of investments will not...
Our goal is to help you learn enough about online trading in the stock market so you can grow your money! While we do not recommend what specific investments you should purchase or when, we hope to provide you with enough basic information and additional resources that you will have the tools necessary to make educated decisions.
Our content is focused on new investors who do not have a financial background or thorough understanding of trading and the stock market. Below is an overview of the content you will find on the menu bar at the top of this page.
- Home – will return you to this page.
- Introduction – a simple one page overview of how to get started with trading in the stock market.
- What’s New – a constantly updated list of new content added to the site.
- Investing (coming soon!) – content focused around building a portfolio of longer term investments, a great resource to use to determine “what” you should do.
- Trading (coming soon!) – content focused on the activities of making trades and managing positions, this resource is used to explain “how” to trade.
- Terms – a complete list of information published on this site organized by category.
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