What is the best way to buy stocks in the stock market?

Question

I just want to buy one share of a stock and leave it there for a long time. What is the best way to go about this?

I am buying a share of stock for my father for Christmas. What is the best method for doing this?

Answer 1

GE, JNJ, and hundreds more have stock purchase plans that cost nothing. They're called;
"Dividend Reinvestment Plans" or DRIPS.

I've had several over the years;
GE, JNJ, HBC, RTRSY, IBM, BCS and some others I can't recall.

Check out;
http://www.dripinvestor.com/FAQ.asp

Answer 2

Scottrade has the lowest commission compared to all the competition. It's only 7$ a trade without a bunch of meaningless fees. I wrote an article about why I prefer Scottrade on my blog. It's called "Im a beginner and/ or a poor college student.. Which online broker is right for me?".

- If you'd like to check it out, there's a link in my profile

PS - Don't listen to Schmuck

Good Luck
- Black

Answer 3

If you're doing this as a gift (ie getting a Harley Davidson fanatic one share of Harley Stock) rather than as an investment, try oneshare.

Answer 4

You can buy one share of the entire market with VTI. That would be better than trying to pick the one right stock.

Answer 5

I'm no financial whizz

bit it's a bit like

'if u need to ask, .....you're gonna lose all your money'

if u only buyin 1 share you'd have to pay share purchase fees which would make it pointless.

sorry but u better offstickin it on a football game accumulator

Answer 6

fairly! i might wait till I re-enter the industry. The inventory industry is a cycle, and the industry has been up for the final 3 months - the trend will fairly be reversed at one factor. Wait till April, it fairly is while shares pass down for my section.

Answer 7

Sharebuilder.com only cost you 4.00 a share or you call ask the company if it is a large corp. such as GE etc... they do it for free.

Answer 8

Go through fidelity
or
Oneshare