When I was in college I was surprised to learn that less than 2% of the American population owned Stocks! One of the reasons it surprised me was that is one of the definitions of wealth. Supposedly if you have enough money to invest in stocks, then you are not considered “poor.” As a result of that lesson, I became interested in Stock Trading and opened up a couple of IRA Accounts for myself and my wife.
Since then I’ve started to do my investing with my computer, online. I found that getting an Online Broker was not very difficult at all. You just have to be careful to check out all of the fees because some of them charge more than others. I found that Online Trading is beneficial to me because I can do it at my own convenience, and the sales can be done quickly; wherease with the broker I used to have I had to wait several days to get my money into or out of my stocks. I like fast!
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