Personal Financial Planning Tips : How to Buy Stocks

Two ways to buy stocks include a dividend reinvestment plan or DRIP offered by Fortune 500 companies or by buying through a discount brokerage. Purchase stocks for investing in Wall Street with tips from a financial planner in this free personal-finance video.

Expert: Julie Asti, CFP
Bio: Julie Asti works as a financial planner for Asti Financial.
Filmmaker: Bing Hu

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• money
• finance
• investments
• mutual funds
• tax deduction
• IRS
• credit card
• life insurance
• income

[francky654321]

very simple and straight to the point ! very useful !

Thanks very much !!!!

[ameelingmail]

That is accurate and simple.

Good job!

[blackworldonline]

what about sharebuilder?

[CoDisafishy]

@mikeparisone Have a great 2012 Mike. I just felt like saying that because it's 2012

[makeiteasyable]

ty

[dlousmane]

@DontBeDeluded did you ever find out ? and how do you sell when you buy drips

[Matt0401]

@DontBeDeluded

Depends on your investing style. If you want to try to earn capital gains over short periods of time then a brokerage is what you need. Keep in mind you'll need to trade large amounts at a time to minimize commission. If you're a long term investor interested in dividends then DRIP's are better. Once initiated, they require no effort on your part if you just want the dividends to reinvest and grow your capital. The only effort is buying more shares commission-free when you want.

[tsavdarwallace]

So, I have one company in mind. How do I just buy a little bit of stock in just one company?

[mikeparisone]

Sound advice, have a great 2011 Julie.

[WGL89]

@MrAmericanAce That's exactly how NOT to invest... Speculation won't get you very far... Just ask the laws of probability.

[DontBeDeluded]

Can somebody tell me which is better? DRIP Investment or Brokerage Account? Cheers.