Step -by-step
guide on how to buy stocks through an online brokerage.
Buying stock
at an online broker is easy - but you do need to know a few points before
pulling the trigger on your online trade. Here are some pointers to get you
started.
Anatomy of a Stock Quote
When you pull
up a stock quote, the first thing you'll notice is that "quotes"
include several numbers: the closing price, the last trade price, and the bid
and ask.
Let's look
at fictional company ABC. Let's assume that, as of this writing, the last trade
was 84.77, but the price at the last trading session's close was $84.12.
Meanwhile, the bid and ask are $84.76 and $84.79. What's the real quote then?
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The
bid price, or bid, refers to the price at which you can sell stock; the ask
price, or ask, is the price at which you can buy stock. You'll see there's a
3-cent difference between these two numbers in the example above; that's called
the spread. The specialist for ABC on the New York Stock Exchange makes its
money on the spread
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