Tag: shares

The Basics – What are Stocks?

stockWhat are Stocks? Stocks, which are also called shares or equity, are a share of the ownership of a company, representing claim on the company’s assets and its earnings. Thus, in holding the stock of a company you have a claim to everything that the company owns, typically a very small claim as an individual investor, entitling you to a share of earnings and potential voting rights belonging to the stock. However, this does not mean you have a say in how to run this publicly traded company day to day. Continue Reading

Best Stocks Now

unnamedThere are several investing styles that may help you rapidly increase your net worth. In the beginning it is best to ramp up your savings but once you get into higher numbers being invested, say above $100,000, 10 or 20% gains tend to be significant amounts. One great approach is to use index funds across diversified sectors, as this minimizes fees and it tends to beat about 80% of active investing styles. Another approach is to focus on being in the right sectors at the right time, as some part of the stock marked is always making money, be it up or down. One of my favorite ways to take this sector approach is through Continue Reading

Cheap Stock Trades

tradesYou can use various brokerage firms for your investing, so I decide to have a look at the cost of trading with these to find the cheapest. They all can be fairly competitive for various reasons, but my thinking was which ones are the cheapest for buying stocks, and hence useful for a new/small investor just beginning his portfolio but wanting full control over his/her trading. The three I found were Continue Reading

Free Stock Trades – LOYAL3

dollar-yellowIn a previous post I wrote about using Betterment to get into investing in an automated way without having to pay for trades with the ETFs that they invest in. Well, what happens if you want to invest in certain stocks for various reasons, such as the ones you like have great dividends or that you see tremendous value or potential for growth? Well, I have found one place that allows you to buy and sell a select group of shares for free, which is pretty fantastic. This investing site is Continue Reading

Betterment – Avoid the Stock Transaction Fees

dollar-big-greenI have recently discovered an investment site, which looks pretty interesting especially for beginners in terms of its ease of use and simplicity. The site is Betterment, which is an investment broker and registered investment adviser, and which has a half a million dollar SIPC insurance guarantee on the balance of each individual’s account, in case of fraud or closure. What looks particularly interesting is that if you use Betterment, Continue Reading