Hello Paul!
Nice to meet you and welcome to the forums :)
Everyone was new at one point or another when it comes to investing.
Here are some answers for you.
1) Do you have to trade in blocks? No. You can buy odd amounts of stock if you wish, it makes it a lot easier to keep of track of if you buy in rounded amounts. May also differ from broker to broker.
2) Differs from broker to broker. Datek is a good website if you are planning on trading "real time" These trades are normally done in seconds, literally.
Sharebuilder is as its name suggests. You build shares. You set up a plan,
decide what % of your contributions go to what stocks. This buys partial shares in whatever you choose. You can't really buy or sell quickly w/o paying a premium, and it applies to each individual sale, so could get costly if you want the freedom to trade in and out.
3)Same as #2.
4) Yes. Typically that is referred to as a 'comission' Be sure that you know what fees are associated with trades online prior to making them!
5) Stocks are incredibly liquid. They change hands between institutions, individuals, stock brokers etc all day, every day.
Q1-Q4.
If you were talking bigger money the math would look better, but yes you have to count the comission fees against your profit.
Hope this has been helpful for ya..
:welcome
:welcome
hello.... i think ur questions were all already answered...
don't be ashamed to ask any questions because we have all been through there at some point in time....
in this forum i still learn new things.... that i didn't even know existed :wink:
chahine
