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Originally Posted by Bdv2642
Well I use Scottrade. It cost $7 per trade. So a buy and a sell is $14. They have a trade tab and you select buy or sell and type in the ticker and the number of shares you want to trade. Any of the online brokers will basically function in this manner.
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X2 on this. I use Scottrade as well and have been very pleased.
I set up a direct contribution every month out of my bank account and accrue money in my Scottrade bank account (similar to savings acct). Then when I see a stock I like I buy it.
52 week high/low is a good factor to look at as well as PE ratio and make sure to look at dividends. Are they issued quarterly, semi-annually, or annually? This is money paid per share they are giving you just for owning the stock (ie Apple's dividend is $3.05/share quarterly which means $12.20 a year for owning 1 share)
investopedia.com does a good job of breaking this down for you and I also like seekingalpha.com as a good resource for stock trading tips. Sorry for being long-winded but I love this stuff. If you need any more help then let me know. Good luck!