5 Comments on How can I make money with stocks?

Anime Girl on Sat, 28th Feb 2009 2:17 am


The way the stock market works is you purchase a stock at a given price, and then over a period of time, the value of that stock (the price) will either go up or down - which means your investment appreciated or depreciated.

Lets say you held a stock for at leas a year, and over that time, the stock went up. You wouldn't "realize" or receive that gain, until you sold your stock. So any gain you make is a paper gain not an actual gain. So you wouldn't receive monthly payments.

However, there are stocks that pay a dividend (yearly), and what that means is that in addition to the stock you purchased, you receive a percentage of your investment paid back to you in the form of a cash dividend (which is paid yearly).

You could either take that cash and spend it, or you could have it automatically reinvested (to buy more stock). If you own a good dividend paying stock, then the best returns come from dividend reinvestment plans.

Here is a list of the top 10 dividend companies I think will do very well over the next year or more.

http://stocksbuyorsell.com/stocks-buy-sell/353-dividend-stocks-will-perform-well-during-recession.html

thomas p on Sat, 28th Feb 2009 2:17 am


I would recommend a high grade corporate bond ETF.

JessyLouise. on Sat, 28th Feb 2009 2:17 am


That's a very open question, it depends what stocks you want to trade in..

School Ques on Sat, 28th Feb 2009 2:17 am


Buy a ton now.. they have to go up eventually

betotron don on Sat, 28th Feb 2009 2:17 am


gld/au/vgz will make you good return in next 12 months

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