Ing Or Etrade

Any pointers for a new stock invester?

I don’t want to invest a lot of money. In fact I want to invest $200 into a couple different stocks (I haven’t figured out which ones yet) and I’m trying to figure out the best way to do it. I’m thinking about using a service such as Etrade or ING Direct. Any pointers?

Please excuse me. I don’t mena to hurt yo or offend you.

$200 might not be enough to even open the account. BUT you aren’t any where near ready to open an account.

“NEWBIE” TRADERS NOT one cent. NOT one dime
NOT one dollar. No amount of money.

In the beginning you LEARN HOW:
A] the stock market works.

B] to invest in many, many various ways.

C] to properly trade

D] many other concepts and aspects.

Beginning or novice ['newbies"] investors and traders ALWAYS make mistakes. In fact, throughout a person’s avocation or hobby to do trading, he/she will make mistakes.

In the very beginning, you READ AND LEARN about the market and how it works:
Read “Investing for Dummies”
As you are reading and doing research about the investments you are interested in, sometimes you’ll come across a financial or investment term you never heard before.

You can usually find excellent, easy-to-understand definitions of many financial and investment terms by going to Investopedia’s dictionary.

http://investopedia.com is a free site. It’s recognized by Y! A as a “Featured Knowledge Partner”.

It probably won’t be long when you’ll feel you’re ready to invest your hard-earned money. Before taking that step, you really should do research about what you are investing in. It also has a free, paper trading platform. You can set up a virtual account and almost trade as though you were trading with real money.

http://finance.yahoo.com is also recognized by Y! A as a “Featured Knowledge Partner”

The thought processes are:
1] to have more successful trades than failing trades.
2] to minimize the losses of those losing trades.
3] “To live to trade another day.” Having enough money in the trading account to return to the market.

ALL this is accomplished by a few true expressions used on Wall Street:
Some trading expressions come to mind:
A] “On Wall Street there aren’t any gifts.”
No one gives anyone else anything – not even stock tips.

B] BUlls [BUyers] earn money.
BEars [SEllers] earn money.
Pigs get fat.
Hogs [Greedy Traders] get slaughtered. They lose the money in their trading accounts.

C] “Trees don’t grow to Heaven. Neither do stocks or any other investments.”
In other words: What goes up, MUST come down!

D] “Plan your trade. THEN trade your plan!”
Have a trading plan with rules for that plan for each strategy.

Thanks for asking your Q! I enjoyed answering it!

VTY,
Ron Berue
Yes, that is my real last name!

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