Stock market help...?

hi..
i want to learn about stock market and how u can make money out of it..
can anyone tell me any online tutorials or ebooks or sites which are free so that i can learn stock markeT?

Standard investment advice is that you should invest in a diversified mix of stocks, bonds, and money market funds. You want to buy a diversified portfolio of stocks as individual stocks are too risky. Most folks have a dificult time buying a properly balanced portfoilio of stocks on their own. They will misbalance their portfolio by buying all small stocks or all growth stocks, or some other misbalanced assortment of stocks. Unless you know what you are doing, it is best to buy mutual funds. I like Vanguard.com, other people like Fidelity, TIAA-CREF, and DFA. Buy no-load, low cost funds. If you are like most people you will invest part of your money aggressively in stock funds, and part conservatively in money market funds and bond funds. Vanguard.com has an on-line questionnaire which will give you an idea of how to do "Asset Allocation," determining how much to put in each type of fund.

If your company offers a 401K plan at work, try to invest the most you can. The money grows tax free, and some companies will match your contribution. Investing in a mutual fund IRA is also a good idea. If you have children, you may want to consider a 529 plan or other college savings plan that grows tax free.

I like index funds. Because of their broad diversification, you are less likely to have a dramatic drop in value. They also have the lowest expenses. For stock funds, I would suggest putting ~70-80% of your money in the Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund. and ~20-30% in a foreign stock index fund. However, there are many different opinions out there on what the best mutual funds are. Read the links below and form your own opinion.

If you have high-interest debt, like credit cards, it is best to pay this off first before trying most of the investment ideas above. You should also have 3-6 months of salary saved up as an emergency fund in a bank or money market fund before trying more risky investments.

Believing advice you get on Yahoo answers can be risky, so read these websites for further information. If you find it too confusing, contact a professional financial advisor. They will charge you significant commissions, however.

Sources:

http://www.vanguard.com/VGApp/hnw/planni...
http://www.fool.com/school.htm
http://sec.gov/investor/pubs/assetalloca...
http://www.diehards.org/readsites.htm
http://finance.yahoo.com/education/begin...
http://finance.yahoo.com/funds/basics

Asset Allocation Calculators
(Determining how much to put in stocks and how much into bonds and money markets is a personal decision depending on your financial status. These Asset Allocation questionaires give you a rough idea how to do this. I like Vanguard best, but try some of the other sites as well.)
https://personal.vanguard.com/VGApp/hnw/...
https://ais2.tiaa-cref.org/cgi-bin/WebOb...
http://www.ifa.com/SurveyNET/index.aspx

Web forum: http://www.diehards.org/
(Many investment web forums are overrun by scam artists. This one seems the most legitimate site.)


529 plans: http://www.savingforcollege.com

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The best stock market site is www.nasdak.com, it's free and you can find everything you need to know. Never forget the stock market is a two directions way, you can lose or gain. Another good tip to remember is: brokers live from fees, so as much as they sell or buy for clients, more money they make, so the last decision must be yours. Another point to remember is: the stocks are in their highs in the last 4 to 5 years, so what's coming next ?
Good luck.

I really like 21stcenturyinvestoreducation.com for free lessons.

The stock market is where companies allow you to buy a piece of them. When you buy a stock from the company, you buy a piece of them. You now own a tiny piece of that company. Now, as the company grows, so does your money or vice versa. When people "play the stock market" it means that they are trying to make money by buying low and selling high. This means that when a stock is down, or worth a low amount, they would buy it, and when it is worth more again they would sell it. Many people do this with many different stocks on a daily or weekly basis. A mutual fund is like a stock but usually better. When you buy amutual fund, you are buying one fund with dozens of individual stocks as part of it. This allows you to diversify your money.

hi there.. it all depends on what you are looking for to get out of your money? are you looking for something high risk that will allow you greater returns... such as 40 - 100+% on your money.. if that is the case you would need to invest in high risk stocks.


If you do not like volitality and want to have more peace of mind and do not have big expecatations then you should see your finacial advisors at the bank you deal with, and they can give you some bank funds that are composed of low/medium and some high risk if u want.. these would be more mutual funds. There would probably be no fee.

remeber nothing is for free, if u have a professional BROOKER that buys and sells you stocks then they will be paid a commision, it will not be cheap....

if u want to do your own stock purchasing you can get your bank to setup an online investing account for you.. where u can buy and sell your own stocks... you can trade from the NYSE, NASDAQ...

I am an investor myself.... and if find the money is in all the energy stocks, such as Oil, Gold, Uranium... resource stocks... they are great... you can also to go this website called stock house and get information about stocks! goodluck

remeber high risk is high reward....

Watch CNBC more
"Squawk on the street"
"mad Money"

stock market shows

You can create a "practice" portfolio at http://www.top10traders.com - it's free - each month the site ranks the best performing investors. You can also post your investing ideas, and read other investors ideas.

There are lots of sites that that provide information. The problem is that most of them are long on information but short on context. Having information does you no good without the means to practically apply it. An old saying states that most advice is worth what you pay for it. Another suggests that you have to be willing to spend money in order to make money. (This is after all the point of your question right?)

Investigate some paid sites. There are people who are very good at investing, are willing to share their knowledge and expect to get paid for it. There is nothing wrong with this. Do Harvard, Stanford and U.C. Berkeley give educations away?

If you wanted to learn a martial art, would you be better off going to the library and reading books for free or training with an expert?

It can be difficult to tell who is legit and who isn't, but if your B.S. detector is fairly well calibrated you'll make out alright. Yes, you'll misspend a few hundred dollars here and there, but in the long run you'll save yourself thousands in mistakes avoided and time wasted.