investing in stocks online

[Tommy]

Thanks Cd

when you sell a stock
it always sells ??
and for the going market price ??

[Bill]

I buy mutual funds for my IRAs online, but thats not the same. Tax deferred accounts, the accounting and reporting for them is pretty easy, it's just buy and forget.

I'd like to start buying stocks in taxable accounts, but, like you, I'm worried about how much of a hassle it will be.

I'd go to something like Money magazine and read a few issues of it to get a better sense of the pros and cons.

[Surfn]

Originally Posted by Tommy

Thanks Cd

when you sell a stock
it always sells ??
and for the going market price ??

When you tell them to sell they do at THAT price. Make sure you want to sell at the price at that moment. You can also setup a sell point. What that means is if a particular stock hits a target price up or down it sells.