Investing is the process of buying assets such as securities, real estate and other items of value that will hopefully increase in value over time, providing a return in the form of income payments or capital gains.
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Best way to start investing, for a young person just starting their career?
I am young, just started my career, and looking to begin investing so I can make my money work for me. I'm still living like I did in college (occasional purchase on myself, but most of it goes into savings) and I would like to take the extra money…
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Why isn't everybody rich?
This question came up after reading this question (stock market long term risks), in which it is re-iterated (as it has been many times on this site), that investing in the stock market, especially an index fund that tracks the top 100 / 500…
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If a stock doesn't pay dividends, then why is the stock worth anything?
I read somewhere that companies are not required to pay dividends to shareholders (this is correct, yes?).
If so, then if company A never pays dividends to its shareholders, then what is the point of owning company A's stock? Surely the right to…
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Why would a company care about the price of its own shares in the stock market?
After a company has issued shares, why should it care if the value of the shares fluctuate?
Since the shares are now publicly traded, if the value fluctuates, that is strictly a transaction between buyer and seller, none of whom are directly related…
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Can someone explain a stock's "bid" vs. "ask" price relative to "current" price?
In my online brokerage account, I want to buy a particular stock and I see the following:
Bid: 13.20 x200 Ask: 13.27 x1,000
the current stock price is 13.22.
Can someone explain what the bid and ask prices mean relative to the current…
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Do I make money in the stock market from other people losing money?
Basically I am new to stock trading and neglect to see the differences between trading stocks and betting on sports. Basically I am "betting" on which company will do well, and this can change due to "upsets" just like in sports, but my main…
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Why does gold have value?
I'm curious about why is there so much financial interest and news coverage about gold.
It's hard to do things like buy food or pay the rent with gold, but I can do this with cash. Gold doesn't yield income like bonds. When I buy a corporate stock,…
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Are lottery tickets ever a wise investment provided the jackpot is large enough?
If the odds of winning a lottery jackpot are one in 292 million, and the jackpot prize is expected to be greater than than $1 billion, does this make a lottery ticket a wise investment?
I know there is a risk that I'll lose my investment, and also a…
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Why does a company pay dividends at all?
If a company can lower the dividends and even stop paying them at all during hard times, why would they re-install them at all?
If I understand correctly a company pays dividends so that investors that buy stock from that company have a bigger…
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Making $100,000 USD per month, no idea what to do with it
I have a few consulting jobs I do on the side, and this year I've had a lot of extra work, with several months in 2016 exceeding $100,000 USD in billing. I do this work from my home with no advertising, marketing, or appreciable expenses. This is…
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If a broad long-term investment in the stock market is such a good deal, why don't banks do the "obvious" things?
There is a fundamental discrepancy or paradox that has been keeping me, and many others, away from the stock market. Before I explain it, let me mention some selected popular questions on this site in which the consensus is that in the long term a…
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Stock market long term risks
This question has been spurred by the following question which was on the 'Hot Network Questions' Is it a lie that you can easily make money passively in the stock market? . The answers to that question made it clear that it is in fact worthwhile to…
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What would prevent me from taking advantage of scammers?
Inspired by 20% monthly mining vs 5% monthly trading
What would prevent me from investing $1,000 for a month, pulling out, investing with a different scammer, rinse & repeat?
This question is not specific to the inspiration question but…
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Why don't bond makers just get loans?
I was just looking at investment opportunities, and I found a number of places offering bonds paying up to 12% interest over two years. My first thought was, I can get a loan from my bank for 5% interest - so if I get a loan to use to buy the bond,…
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I'm 18 and have 6 grand. What should I do with it?
I'm 18 and about to go to college. Luckily, I don't have to worry about student loans or most other living expenses. I've been working and have over $6,000 (will probably be about $7,000 by the end of summer) in my bank account.
I don't want to…
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