My name is Beth and I am interested in investing in real estate or finding a suitable franchise.  I am a certified stockbroker but now work for myself--got enough financial education from the training at Smith Barney that I replaced my income by handling my own portfolio and trading stock options.  I would love to find others to talk ...

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I am unclear why someone would buy silver?  Please explain I would love to hear the reasons.  Jeremy J. Siegel has shown in "Stocks for the Long Run." that Gold has done very poorly (and I am assuming silver would have a similar results) over the test of time compared to stocks.  If you took four dollars in 1801 and ...

i am an 18yr old gal and very interested in buying shares.i enjoy reading the rich dad series and currently been going through 'retire young retire rich' where mr kiyosaki suggests you insure your shares when you buy them.can you pleaase give me more information on how to go about doing this as well as the advantages and disadvantages of ...

In Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki mentioned that he purchased stocks before they went public...how did or does he do this?  The closes thing I can find are penny stocks that have already gone public.

hi, I am not a 11yr old kid, but still i need to study, and do research before i do involve in any stock investment. How about bringing him to some free stock infor seminar? Go to local library, or online to find website that explain stock investing. Of course, u both can learn together.   Mmm, it would be better ...

I have accounts with both Sharebuilder and Scottrade. I like them both. The biggest pro for Sharebuilder is that they offer a basic plan that only charges $4.00 per trade for automatic investments scheduled on Tuesdays.  the biggest negative I found is that Market orders are $15.95. They have a list of over 6,000 stocks to select ...

yikes!  $12/month???Ameritrade charges a flat $10 on your sells and there is NO maintenance fee.  Their website is clear, easy to navigate, and their customer service is helpful.Here's the link about the pricing:http://www.tdameritrade.com/straightforwardpricing.htmlThere's mention on the home page about a 45-day FREE trading ...

I wouldn't know which was necessarily better, but I've been using Ameritrade for some time and really like it.  I'm trying to hopefully invest a small amount of money in the next week in some stocks - still have to do some research...

Hello, I just recently trying to start getting involved in buying stocks.  Is it better to buy directly from the company or use a program like Ameritrade, etrade or sharebuilder.