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Do you need to be rich to invest in start up companies fresh on the stock market?

(How does one do it successfully?) Answer: You don't need to be rich since most companies that go public start with a fairly low stock price. Buy it after the IPO (initial public offering.) While it doesn't take a lot of money it IS very risky, a lot of stock drops sharply in value soon after

08.9.2010| US Market | TonyLiu

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How do companies and investors benefit from the stock market?

Answer: Before the stock exchange, buyers and sellers had to find each other. The NYSE actually started as an open air market. It was an informal setting where people could go to find buyer or sellers. The market or stock exchange adds liquidity to the system. It makes it easier to turn y

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What is the best way to learn and get started in stock market investing?

Answer : The best way to learn about the stock market is to open up a 401(k) account at work and pick some mutual funds to invest in. At least then, you will lower your taxes and you can start to get the feel for your money fluctuating in value. You should not invest one dime in the stock mar

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A book that will teach me how to invest in the stock market?

(I am 16 I haven't even taken economics. I am currently reading Jim Cramers' "sane investing in an insane world". I get most of what he says but I still don't feel like in know the basics. I need a good book that will explain the basics to me. i want to learn about commodities, interests, and al

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Has it become fundamentally wrong to invest in the stock market?

(Over a decade of negative growth with the most accurate forecasters claiming there is no light ahead. Have stocks proven to be an inherent bad financial investment? Do experts agree that this type of investment doesn't have a long term positive expected value? Noe that I'm talking in aggregatio

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What happened to the stock market money?

(I was told that that money that everyone lost on IRA's and Stocks went into someone's pocket. It was real money when I put it in there.. Now over 1/3 of it is just gone. My s-in-law lost 65,000 from her mutual funds.. Who has it? Surely it couldn't have just vaporized!) Answer: Stock marke

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How do I learn about stocks and the stock market?

(I want to be like a warren buffet) Answer: Well ,there are three possible ways to do it 1. Go to the published works on this Topic and try to gain as much as you can from different suggested reading by different respondents. Remember.....whatever you learn by Books/Articles/Papers will alw

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How much must the stock market go down before the Government steps in and shuts it down to cool off?

Answer: You're confused on multiple topics. When stocks get overheated, measures are taken to halt trading while the SEC checks on what is causing the stir. That happens on a regular basis. This was put in play after the 22% drop in one day in 87, that was all due to panic. The market was

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Did Women have a lower unemployment rate than men during the stock market crash of 1929?

(I read somewhere that women generally had a lower amount of jobs lost during the great depression, and men thought they were stealing their jobs. Is it true? If not, can you explain its effect on women? (educated ones, specifically) Answer : yes,but they could always go back to the household w

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What is the best service for predicting which way the stock market is heading?

(Lately, I've noticed that with this volatile whipsawing market a lot of experts have been wrong. Can anyone recommend a service that they are completely pleased with or at least fairly pleased? Please explain why you like a service and how well it has done. Thank you!) Answer: I think the best

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What is the meaning of traded volume on the stock market?

(Hi all, How does the volume of a certain traded stock, influence its trading? What does it mean when the daily volume is high? And when its low? What does the traded volume tell me as a lay trader? Thanks!) Answer:; How does the volume of certain traded stock influence its trading

08.9.2010| US Market | TonyLiu

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