| Getting to know the basics of stocks and shares is | | | | to open a brokerage account to do so, but there is |
| not really very confusing provided you stay clear of | | | | no need for a broker provided you know the |
| the technical part of it and look at things from the | | | | fundamentals of stocks and shares. |
| stock market basics point of view. Actually stocks | | | | You initially have to select the stock that you are |
| are just little bits of business that you purchase. | | | | planning to buy once you have opened a brokerage |
| When the company needs money there are chances | | | | account. You should preferably look at the stocks of |
| that it will go public and issue stocks. It makes a | | | | a couple of companies from whose product that you |
| specific number of shares and people buy these | | | | would like to buy. Then check out these companies |
| shares of the stock. What you have to understand is | | | | through stock trading newsletters and |
| that one stock is one share of all that the company | | | | recommendations and in a couple of weeks you will |
| has issued. | | | | see a set pattern emerging. |
| Also learning about stocks and shares means that | | | | The next step is to determine how you want to |
| you have to know about how to buy and sell them | | | | invest your money. You can either buy stocks and |
| too. You can buy these either directly thereby saving | | | | keep it till the company grows or you can buy and |
| fees on brokerage and when you sell them you can | | | | sell the shares quickly. This process of buying and |
| do that too directly, but in that case you will never | | | | selling rapidly is what is called day trading and is |
| know the price of the shares till the close of the | | | | normally used to make money depending on the |
| stock market as the trading will not happen till then | | | | fluctuation of prices. Following stocks and share takes |
| when you do the sale directly. | | | | time, but once you get the hang of how it works |
| People who want to trade in the stock market need | | | | then it is smooth sailing. |