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By Joshua Kennon, About.com Guide to Beginner's Investing since 2001

How Do You Actually Make Money in Stocks?

Friday August 15, 2008
If you’ve spent a lot of time on the site, you see that we provide resources on some pretty advanced topics – financial statement analysis, financial ratios, capital gains tax strategies, and more. Our focus, however, is on the new investor. Sometimes I’ll get emails from readers that ask some pretty basic and straightforward questions. One of the perennial favorites is, “How do I actually make money from a stock?” If you’ve ever wondered how the mechanics actually work, print this article, grab a hot cup of coffee, get comfortable in your favorite reading chair, and prepare to learn the basics of common stock. Continue reading ...

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June 9, 2009 at 7:06 pm
(1) Stock Traders Blog says:

Own the right stock at the right time is how you can make money on stock. But it is all not that easy to find the right stock at the right time. I am ccurrenlty change from a buy and hold investor to a day trader

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