Buying stocks is much easier then most people think
Monday, September 8th, 2008Like with most things, there is a lot of background noise around the actions that one actually needs to know when buying stocks. Although there are several different types of orders to use when buying or selling stocks, most people only need to know one. As long as they are not buying tiny companies, a market order is the only order they need to know. A market order says I want this many shares of this stock right now at the current price. If the company you are buying stock of has a daily average volume of at least 300,000 shares, and you are buying less than 1,000 shares, a market order will get you very close to the current price. Once you recognize this, you only need to figure how many shares of what company to buy.
