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Thursday, July 16, 2009

Online Stock Trading For Retirees

By Owen Jones

Retirement comes with a benefit and a drawback: more time and less money. The invention of the Internet has brought about many changes in the way we lead our lives. We can take care of our bills online, go shopping online, do our banking online, and even make a date online!

You can also participate in online stock investing, which I think, could fit in nicely. Online stock investors love having the capability to look at their investment accounts whenever they want to, and online stock brokers like having the ability to take orders over the Internet, as opposed to using the telephone.

You can start by reading the newspapers and watching the news with a view to gleaning information that could benefit a company. Any news items that suggest good news for a company can be followed up by greater research into the company concerned. The majority of stock brokers and brokerage houses now offer online company research to their clients as well as online stock trading. Another great thing about online stock trading is that fees and commissions are usually lower. While online stock trading is good news, there are some drawbacks too.

So, if you are a novice to trading, having the ability to actually speak with a stock broker can be quite beneficial, if you aren't stock market savvy, online stock trading may be a rather dangerous thing for you to do, although advice from a stock market trader is expensive. If this is the case, make certain that you learn as much as you can about trading stocks before you start online stock trading. If you are new to online stock investing, make sure that you learn as much as you can about researching companies and trading stocks before you start to trade online stock for real.

You could run a dummy portfolio. For example, most online stock brokers offer the facility to run a 'watch list' or dummy portfolio, where you can 'buy and sell' without risking real money.

You should also be aware that not everyone has a computer with Internet access on them, although many mobile phones can get online. So you might not always have the ability to get online to make a trade when you want to. You will need to be sure that you can speak with your broker if you use an online stock broker. This is true whether you are an advanced stock market investor or a beginner.

It is important too for the retired person to sign up with an online stock broking firm that has been around for a while. Naturally, you won't find one that has been in an online business for 30-50 years, but you can find a company that has been in business that long and that now offers online stock trading.

To be sure, online stock trading is a fantastic opportunity for retirees - but it is not for everyone, the impetuous can lose money quickly. Think carefully before you decide to go for online stock trading, and make sure that you really know what you are doing!

And so, in summary, pensioners can use their extra free time to explore the stock market for nothing by finding leads in newspapers, magazines and news items. These leads can then be followed up by doing online research using a free online stock investing account.

These hunches can then be tracked using a dummy or trial portfolio. When you have gained sufficient experience, you can go 'live' by opening an active online stock investing account. - 23212

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