favorite internet broker

[Anonymous No.588628]

Who is your favorite internet stock broker /biz/? Never invested before and I figure choosing the broker is step one. Which broker and why?

[Anonymous No.588633]

come on guis help a noob out please

[Anonymous No.588636]

Fidelity scrub here. Got my life insurance through them so natural transition I guess.

Bigger firms can offer better ipo access sometimes if your into that kinda thing.

[Anonymous No.588638]

robinhood with limit orders
cuz its cheap

[Anonymous No.588640]

I went with ameritrade. Now to play with the practice account I suppose. Feel free to point me in a good direction for learning. I'm going to be starting with $500 and if I feel confident enough I can add a few hundred each month.

[Anonymous No.588642]

REALLY tempted to get into this stock cause it's weed and I love weed, and Gary Johnson (my fave politician) is the CEO. But it's a penny stock and people talk shit bout penny stocks. It's going down right now, I figure if it gets low enough I may pick some up.

[Anonymous No.588645]

>>588642
oops forgot stock link, http://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/cbds

also, I need some education on stock trading. Just like a good hobbiest learning source. Forums, articles, books. Where do I start? I want legetimate sources of education here, not some get rich quick rip off shit. Point me in the right direction /biz/ please.

[Anonymous No.588654]

Interactive Brokers.

I work for them, please create account so I get a nice bonus

[Anonymous No.588655]

>>588654
too little too late, already at the pick a username point with ameritrade. Any suggestions for username?

[Anonymous No.588657]

>>588655
How about WelderGirl?

[Anonymous No.588663]

>>588642
The one with the ticker CBDS? Yeah, I wouldn't buy a stock for $5.60 a share when it still has negative earnings and a -27 beta, personally.

[Anonymous No.588670]

>>588657
not bad, but i'm not a girl either, just a welder guy

[Anonymous No.588674]

>>588670
I hear the Unions have done a real nice job at getting you guys like 4× the pay you actually deserve.

Is that why you want to play around with stocks? Flush with cash?

[Anonymous No.588682]

>>588674
lol I'm not union. And there aren't even any unions in my field/industry that I'm aware of. Production Mig, RV's and Motorhomes. And I'm so not overpaid. Only making a modest living of 40k per year. And there are very few over paid welders be it union or not. I say that cause nearly every industry that uses welders needs more of them constantly. Paying more would help with the problem. I know welders who quit welding and took lower paying jobs cause they felt the downsides of the job were no longer worth it, but they'd come back for more pay.

But yeah 40k def not over paid. Wanting to play around with stocks because I hate debt and I want to save for school to further my skills. My goal is a six figure welding career.

[Anonymous No.588686]

thanks for the welding porn

I have a new fetish

[Anonymous No.588693]

>>588686
So can someone point me i na good direction for learning how to do this? Good books or forums?

[Anonymous No.588699]

>>588693
I don't wanna go in the wrong direction and fall for some stupid shit.

[Anonymous No.588701]

Anyone have any thoughts on TradeKing?

[Anonymous No.588707]

>>588699
i would help but you ignored my earlier post so now im going to keep my secret formula for riches and success to myself. get fucked faggot

[Anonymous No.588711]

>>588707
lol wtf, okay, what is robbin hood? I already learned today what a limit order is. But my general knowledge is real shit on this topic. Like when one guy said the sahare had negative earnings and a -27 beta, I don't know what the fuck that -27 beta is.

[Anonymous No.588733]

>>588674
>I hear the Unions have done a real nice job at getting you guys like 4× the pay you actually deserve.

We're not overpaid, you're underpaid. You need to be angry at your boss, not us.

[Anonymous No.588740]

>>588711
Don't invest long-term in penny stocks please

[Anonymous No.588741]

>>588701

I actually use TradeKing. I don't think they provide as much research as other brokers, but I'm fine with that since I do my own research. Trade fees are cheap and customer support is superb.

[Anonymous No.588743]

>>588740
I will likely not invest in penny stocks whatsoever. Being I have no knowledge on how to really do all this, and everyone seems to say never do penny stocks I prob won't do it at all.

I only find it tempting cause I feel now would be a good time to invest in marijuana companies before they become giants like apple and what not. And one of the companies has a CEO that I like. I'm really tempted but it seems a bit foolish too.

[Anonymous No.588749]

>>588743
it's a great time to invest in pot but unfortunately there aren't any good public companies to put money into

[Anonymous No.588754]

>>588749
noob question alert

how would I know when there are good public companies to invest in?

[Helen !!wbYSoju3HHD No.588771]

>>588754
two words: khan academy
three words: economics and finance

you will need to invest quite a few hours of research before you can jump into the market.

[Anonymous No.588775]

>>588699
The bottom line is that most people who trade individual stocks get hosed. Start with fake money, or just buy index funds.

[Anonymous No.588784]

Oh shit i want to fuck that girl... And so hard.

[Anonymous No.588787]

>>588628
Vanguard, of course.

[Anonymous No.588842]

>>588682
Oh yyeah I live in New York.

>>588733
I ain't underpaid, chump. You wear boots to work, boy.

[Anonymous No.588860]

tradeking has the cheapest trading fees unless you're doing penny stocks. i would say TDameritrade has the best trading tools.

[Anonymous No.588870]

>>588842
>I ain't underpaid, chump. You wear boots to work, boy.

pic related

[Anonymous No.589017]

look into etfs i found them more predictable then buying/selling individual companies. Im putting some research time into VCR its a consumer based fund for non essential goods like cars,tvs. good etf for the holiday. i hope

[Anonymous No.589031]

>>588654
Heh, I actually started the process of applying for an account with them a couple of days ago, I'm moving away from Etrade and hoping to start trading forex and futures in addition to stocks. Just waiting for them to do a mini-deposit into my bank account so I can verify it and then use an ACH to fund it.

Just out of curiosity, I'll probably just start with a cash account but would like to switch it over to a margin account eventually, how much of a pain in the ass is it to do that?