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Online Stock TradingYou can get a brokerage account online with companies like Schwab, Fidelity, E-Trade, TD Ameritrade, and many others.If you are an active investor, you will want an online account. It is much easier to check your portfolio and see how the investments are doing. The best scenario is to pick well and hold onto the companies for a long time (10 years at least). That way you won't need to keep checking your account all the time. Prices for TradingThe price for online trades ranges from around $5.00 - $35.00. There are some places that also give out 10 or so free trades per month. These online brokerages are trying to attract active traders. The company can still make money off of the core account interest, margin interest, ads on the website, and they do charge for more than 10 trades.If you only buy into a few companies and hold, the trading fees are minimal. It is probably your best bet to go with the online brokerage trading company that has the absolutely best information on what to purchase. The problem is that none of the online brokerages give investment advice. You have charts and ratios to look at, but it doesn't help you very much. The main information anyone needs are the annual reports and ratios that aren't frequently published. For example, the PEG ratio is not to be found, the debt to equity ratio is usually not there, and the companies free flowing cash isn't shown. All you really get is some basic information that the site purchased from a news agency like Reuters. It isn't stuff that a strong team of equity analysts came up with to help you. Online brokerages are “fat cats”. They make money when things go up and when things go down. They aren't there to make you rich. They are a tool for you to use at your own success or demise. These online brokerages will not know you by name and are not allowed to give you advice. They are basically a tool for people to use and it is up to you to learn how to use it. Online brokerages are like buying a table saw from Home Depot that didn't come with an instruction manual. Should you try to set it up and make cuts without the manual, or should you find someone that has used one before and walk you through it? |
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