how can i start investing in share market...i have no clue pls help?

Answer 1

Try Sharebuilder.com, they are the easiest online stock broker. You'll learn how to trade stocks easily with them!

It's also very cheap to invest with them. Just $4 to buy stocks!

Just go to http://www.sharebuilder.com/ and check out the Investor Starter Kit at the Retail Store.

Answer 2

You start investing into the share market once you have an excess of income over your expenditure -i.e. you have an investible surplus. Once you have an investible surplus then there are essential investments that should be made like life insurance,medical insurance and there may be others depending on your priorities and your age before you allocate money for investing into the share market. Shares are among the riskier forms of investment and so you invest the moneys of which even if you lose a substantial portion you are not affected. The proportion of money of your investible surplus that you can allocate to 'share investment' depends on your risk taking capacity. If you are younger you have more capacity to take risk so you can invest more into equity shares. It is also a function of your endowment - the richer you are the more risk that you can take. These are the basic premises on which you should proceed before you take the dive into the hurly-burly world of the share markets.

You should study read up on the equity markets before you make investments. You can invest directly by buying through a stock broker or invest indirectly through mutual funds or if you have substantial funds then there are fund managers who will manage your funds for you for a fee by investing appropriately. If you want to experience the risk (and maybe the rewards) and the excitement of trading the markets then you can become a day-trader which is not different from gambling. Between these two extremes of having your funds managed by either mutual funds or fund managers and the extremely risky day-trading you have other options. But this means that you should have studied the various styles of investing.

Traditionally there are four styles of investing a)Value Investing -which looks at identifying undervalued companies b)Momentum Investing -which looks at price trends c)Contra Investing - which tries to find opportunities in neglected area d) Growth Investing -which sees opportunities in companies or sectors which are in a secular growth phase.

A simple approach to the above is to study the two broad areas of investment analysis which are denoted as Fundamental Analysis and Technical Analysis. There are good books and online resources on both of these. Go to the wikpedia site and search on those two phrases and you can get many links to those areas. The essential point is that if you want to approach the share market in a 'professional' and systematic manner then it is not simple. However there are many people who do it in a much more simple manner and I will outline some steps for that based on what I have written above:

a) Identify your investible surplus
b) Recognise your risk taking capacity and the amount of money that you would like to invest.
c) Read up/discuss and identify an investment strategy
d) Test it out (there are are online sites that allow this)
e) Or identify an advisor who will help you -it can be a stock broker.
Last advice: Be very careful when investing in the stockmarkets as you can lose all the money that you have invested -and sometimes many times more.

Answer 3

Start an account in a company that allows small investments. Sharebuilder.com allows a very minumum opening amount and only charges $4 per trade. There are other companies that have similar terms. Another is buyandhold.com. If you have a larger amount, $2000, it may be worth opening an account with a broker such as TD Ameritrade. They charge $9.99 per trade and currently have incentives for new accounts. Then, you can use the research tools of the company with your account to find stocks that would be good investments.

Answer 4

Online trading is a very interesting activity that can be a lot of fun and extremely profitable. It can also be done to fit in to what ever free time you have available. Take some time to learn the basics and practice trading to see if you can make any profit before you start though as many beginners lose initially. A great way to learn the basics that you can do at times that suit you, is through virtual stock market trading where you can keep track of your trades and analyze them. The difference is that you trade as though it were real but any losses are only on paper. Keep practicing until you know you can make it work before risking real cash. Some of the best virtual stock trading providers even offer prizes in games and competitions to make the experience more interesting and fun.

Answer 5

Discover your style. Are you a speculator (making money from price fluctuation) or an investor (making money from owning businesses)? After that, find some good books about your investment style. If you're a speculator, you would find books on candlestick chart and technical analysis useful. If you're an investor, you might want to learn to read financial report. In any case, finding the broker should be your last step. And when you go out to find one, look for the one with lowest fee.

Answer 6

Mutual fund is the good start. ETF also is another good start with. Both invest in bunch of stocks at once. Diversification is the point here. If the market has correction, mutual fund/ETF follow the correction as well, but it won't as steep as individual stock becasue of diversify.

Answer 7

invest time first

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Answer 8

I have been told that www.oneshare.com offers deals from time to time and have good customer service. I must say I have not used them but a young couple at work swears by them.

Answer 9

buy the book" investing for dummies"

Answer 10

IF U ARE INDIAN THEN OPEN 3 IN ACCOUNT WITH:
ICICIBANK OR HDFCBANK.
IT IS VERY EASY TO OPERATE TRADING IN SHARES