Push a button and buy a stock
Thursday, September 18th, 2008Once you have found a stock to buy, and have your online brokerage account set up, it only takes two buttons to buy a stock. The hardest part, and it isn’t hard at all, is calculating how many shares of the stock you want to buy. Once you divide the current share price into the funds available, you simply type that information (stock ticker and number of shares) into the trade page. Most will use a market order, which simply means I want it at the current price (or as close as possible). Then you simply click on “place order”, and your order is in and you just bought a stock.
