How do I invest in stock in a company?

Answer 1

Contact a stock broker either online or at an office. Some major banks will also handle it for you.

As a novelty you can also go to the following site and buy a single share of stock and get the certificate. They will charge about double for the share but most brokers will not handle a single share.
http://www.singleshare.com/

Answer 2

You can go to a bank and open an investment account or you can get an online stock trading account with Scootrade or E-Trade.

If you don't know how to do research on the future profitability of a company in order to determine if a companyis a good buy today as well as if it will continue to be a good buy for the next 3 to 10 years. Then look into a diversified mutual fund that will do the research for you.

Good Luck!

Answer 3

there are basically 3 ways:
1. open an on-line trading account & buy & sell
2. open a brokerage a/c & let a broker do it for you
3. invest in a DRIP plan. Find out if the company you want participates in DRIPs & either send the $ or have them deduct it.

I know that the answers may seem to be over simplified, but you didnt mention anything in specific

Answer 4

Just open an account in a brokerage firm, Etrade, Scottrade, Fidelity, Charles Schwab, Merryl Lynch, Vanguard, TD Waterhouse, Ameritrade and so on. Then you can buy shares in a company, a broker in one of the firms above will tell you how.

Answer 5

While this subject may seem trivial to most experienced investors, I often hear people asking what they need to do in order to start trading stocks. If you are new to the stock market or are just wondering how..
see http://ibooyah.com/blog/2006/12/getting_started_step_by_step_1.html for rest of instruction.

Answer 6

Good Question!!!