flutechick14Not "done"...
So, I’m not really “done” doing this: I’ve got started and will continue trading stock for a while. I see myself continuing to trade stock for a long time, so I went ahead and changed it to “done”. 16 months ago
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youssarianUntitled
This has been another one of those things I’ve wanted to do on and off since I was younger. Not only can you make a profit from picking good stocks, but you also get a degree of ownership of the company as well. So if I bought a stock in Google, I’d own like one-billionth of it or something. :D 17 months ago
camachoborracho
It made me
Involved 
How I did it: Basically I was setting aside 10% of anything I made from gigs, sales, etc into a smartypig savings account until I had over $500 (since that's usually the minimum for most any brokerage account).
Then I opened a ROTH IRA to start a retirement account and avoid getting taxed on gains back in May and put the money in there. I waited a bit on this one.
Looked around at some companies I liked and were affordable (ie I could buy a few shares of and know it would probably go up). As well as ETFs.
Waited for promo code to kick in - 5 free trades - so it wouldn't eat into any gains. Took a leap of faith and bought some shares.
SO my first stock I've bought is CCO which is the ticker for Clear Channel Outdoor aka the billboard companies which make the moving billboards and old school ones. Not super sexy and exciting but they work and are a cheap advertisement for big companies.
Got it at $12.37 this morning and already it is $12.61 so I made a gain in my first day! Whoohoo! (Oh and remember it's about long term performance so I'm going to hold and hope it keeps going up while looking for other cheap undervalued stocks)
Read how I did it… 22 months ago
