Wall Street Scam

I would like to invite everyone to checkout my page that talks about a stock market scam that has been has been around for some time but not many beginners know about it so I hope you check it out so that you don’t fall trap to the stock market scam and lose money.  It could be anyone that is doing this from wealth individual to 13 year old history has shown us that both are very capable of pulling this stock market scam off.  I hope my page is very informative to you.

Here is a quick summary of what the page is about but please head to the page and read a little but more it the promoted stock scam that happens more often than one might think.

Here is the link:  Promoted Stocks (A Big Problem)

The scam is the promoted stock or some call it the pump and dump.  Traders and investors have lost a lot of money while the people behind it are making millions in some cases.  The SEC has a difficult time tracking and regulating these scams so the often get away with them for a very long time until justice gets served.

Take the time and read the page so you can be educated and you can educate your families/friends that are also beginning in the stock market.

I want to thank everyone for coming to The Wall Stock Journal I hope that you are learning from what I have posed and as always comment or email me so we can be in contact an start the community of traders.


Click Here!

Weekend Studies (Sneeze Page)

It is Friday and the stock markets, work week, and schools are coming to a close for the weekend.  This might be a perfect opportunity for you to do some studying and research in the stock market and review some of the pages that I have posted for you to checkout.

The links will redirect you to my older post some from this week and some previously.  I hope that you can get some of the information that you have been looking for and learned a bit along the way.  I have learned a lot since I have started this blog and I will continue to pass on the knowledge and insight that I have.

Below I have grouped my posts into like ones

The Stuff You Need to Know:

Getting Started Trading

Largest Publicly Traded Companies

Stock Market tips:

Tips For Investing In Stock (Check out the link)

60 Stock Tips For Investors

Stock Research:

Seeking Alpha a Very Useful Source

I hope you have enjoyed my blog so far and I will continue to post and continue on our journey to teaching you so you will know the ins and outs of the stock market.  I want everyone to be able to make money.

Next week we will keep build on what I have posted and I am hoping to add some more technical post in the very near future. 

Email me or comment on a link so I can keep a contact with my readers.

Have a safe weekend,

                The Wall Stock Journal

Tips For Investing In Stocks (Check out the link)

The stock market can be a very dangerous place to put your money if you don’t know what you are doing so I am going to continue supplement my information with that of others for the beginning traders because I know a lot of people who have fallen into many of the traps and have started trading before they were ready. 

I have found a post that gives some insight and more information. 

Click on link below to view:

Tips for Investing in Stocks

I encourage everyone to check out this link.  I agree with the most of what this author is stating.  I can’t give you enough tips for investing. 

The author clearly lays out many mistakes that many people make such as

 Number 7: “You can’t tell how expensive a sock is by looking only at its price.”  There is a misconception that the price of the stock reflects how well the company is doing.  This is false the stock price isn’t used to compare stocks there are other factors such as how many share are outstanding.  (Example:  Apple vs Google)  Apple just did a stock split as did Google.  Apple stock did a 7 to 1 split taking the stock from $600’s to the 90’s.  Google’s stock split was more complex as they added a new stock with a different dividend payout but the stock went from 1000’s to $500’s on a 2 to 1 split.  The shares of stock that you are holding would just multiply accordingly.

Number 10:  “It’s smarter to buy and hold good stocks than to engage in rapid-fire trading” A trader has trouble judging the market or the move of a stock on a day to day basis.  I would suggest that you purchase stock from healthy companies and hold them for a longer period of time. 

Check out the link and let me know if you have any questions and want me to elaborate on any of them for you.

Tips for Investing in Stocks 

The Wall Stock Journal

TD Ameritrade and ShareBuilder Reviews

In my two years of trading stock I have used two trading web-site.  I have used ShareBuilder and TD Ameritrade.  In this blog I will break down why I like these platforms for my trading.

ShareBuilder:

ShareBuilder offers a very easy to use site that is straight forward.  This user friendly site makes even the least tech savvy person look like they know what they are doing.  I would recommend this site for starting off and small account individuals.  The transaction fee on ShareBuilder for a trade is $6.99 with no monthly fees.

The thing I like the best about Share builder is that I can transfer funds to my account very easily.  It links my bank account and my ShareBuilder account so funding my account is about as simple as it gets.  If I need to take money out of my account is just as simple.  ShareBuilder has a good mobile application that you can use that is also very easy.

The research on ShareBuilder is just alright it’s easy to navigate but they don’t offer a lot of extra insight on the stocks.  ShareBuilder could improve that aspect of their sit but other than that I don’t have any complaints.

TD Ameritrade:

TD Ameritrade to me seems to be one of the best trading web-sites available at this time.  TD Ameritrade has a good website with lots of research tools offered.  Funding your account is fairly simple.  The transaction fee is $9.99 per trade with no monthly fee. 

My favorite feature is the trading platform that they have to offer.  It is called Think or Swim, you down load it to your computer similar to a program and it has so many tools that you can use to optimize your trading experience. 

TD Ameritrade offers a play money option on the Think or Swim platform.  This is a great tool for beginner traders and also someone attempting to figure out the Think or Swim platform as it can be intimidating at first.

60 Stock Tips For Investors

I was doing some research on some more materials to bring to my readers.  I came across this great blog post that I think you will enjoy.  I personally took away some good tips from this post that I will use for my trading.

Click on the link below to be directed to the post.

60 Stock Tips For Investment Success

The author has many good tips for beginning traders and even experienced ones.  I wish I would have seen this when I was just a beginning trader as I learned the hard way and made some of these mistakes that the author was listing.  My trading has made me money but as I learn/gain experience I look back and know that I could have avoided some mistakes.  I hope that I can teach you to avoid those beginner mistakes.

You might be thinking that these tips are just too simple and everyone should know these but it can be very difficult when you are in the middle of a trade and are not sure what to do so the fundamentals will be the key when it comes to your decision making.  Even an experienced trader needs to refresh up on the fundamentals some times.

I hope you can take these tips and learn from them!  I will keep this link up so you can keep referring back to this list if you need to as it has so many good tip I can’t stress it enough for you to read this carefully.

Seeking Alpha a Very Useful Source

Seeking Alpha is a very popular blog site that has many contributors that have many years of experience in the stock market.  Seeking Alpha has been a good web site to checkout it gives a little insight and it seems that the individuals who are commenting on the posts have some knowledge about the stock market as well.  I have learned a lot from reading through Seeking Alpha and learning from what others options about a stock are. 

One of the most useful tools I have found on Seeking Alpha is that you can create a log-in name, input what stocks you are interested in and you will automatically be on the email list whenever news or a new article comes out about that stock.  I have found this useful as when I am at work and just have time to check my email real quick I can see what is going on with some of the stocks that I have been watching.

Last night I was doing some stock research looking for the next big breakout stock.  When I found one that looked like it had potential I would type the stock symbol into Seeking Alpha and it would pull up some articles that have been posted.  I then would read through them to gain any insight about that stock that I could before committing to it.  This is a very useful tool that Seeking Alpha has to offer as you want to know as much as possible before risking your money into it.

The only negative thing I have to say about Seeking Alpha is that they will sometimes have post form one of their contributors that are very biased for or against a stock.  You have to watch for articles for Seeking Alpha and look further into the information that you are reading.  The more sources you can get information from the better.

Comment below if you have any other stock websites that you like to watch or use for research!

Largest Publicly Traded Companies

The beginning trader will not be able to jump right in and be able to pick stocks that are poised to breakout and give a return to the investor.  The skill of picking stocks takes a lot of time researching into the companies that they are going to invest in.

I would suggest that a beginning trader to start with trading stock that are well known companies that will be around for a long time.  Even though the companies are seasoned the stocks will still generate a return that most investors will be happy with. 

Below I have listed the 10 of the largest publicly traded companies:

• Apple Inc.
• Exxon Mobil
• Microsoft
• Google
• Berkshire Hathaway
• General Electric
• Johnson & Johnson
• Wal-Mart
• Hoffmann-La Roche
• Chevron Corporation

The companies listed above have given investors good returns over a period of time.  These stocks are steady long-term trades many of them offer dividends that will add the return to the investor. 

I have invested in a few of these companies and have seen a decent return over the last 2 years.  The stocks haven’t made me rich overnight but I am satisfied with the steady incline growth I have seen.  These stocks just like any other I would suggest purchasing on a down day or month so you can get the best price. 

Other notable large companies that have proven returns to investors over a long length in time:

• Coke
• McDonald's
• AT&T
• IBM
• GE
• Walt Disney

This link will lead you to a Forbes article for more company's

Getting Started Trading

The beginning:

The first step into the being able to trade stock you need to begin by opining an account.  Many companies now offer accounts that make it easy for you to put money into the accounts and it is just as easy to make a trade.

List of some stock brokerage companies:

TD Ameritrade                                                                         

ShareBuilder

Fidelity

E*TRADE

Charles Schwab

Scottrade

These seem to be the most reliable companies for trading.  Make sure you look into all of them and see which one fits your needs the best.

The broker sites will make it easy for you to fund your account by linking your bank account with your trading account so you can transfer funds for one to the other as you need the funds accordingly usually will take roughly 24 hours to get the money moved into each account just depends on the broker that you are using.

Once you have money in your account you can start trading stocks!  Most of the brokerage websites are a little different when it comes to purchasing stocks but simple for you to figure out.  The brokerages I have experiences with it just takes a few clicks to make a purchase or sale of a stock.  Lots for research tools are also offered to help you make the best decisions with your investment money.

I hope this helps you getting started with your trading and accomplish the goals you have set for your trading.   Comment below if you have any questions about anything I post.

Welcome!

Hello Viewers!

I want to take the time to welcome everyone to The Wall Stock Journal.  The blogging is getting ready to begin.  I want to let everyone know that I am encouraging contact and communication on this blog.  For the optimization of this blog we all need to communicate to each other through the comment box and email.

I will check the blog and my email on a constant basis so my replies back will be quick so don’t hesitate to contact me for any questions you might have. 

Please join this community and tell your friends who are interested in the stock market to join it also.  We can all profit from this if we unite and make the full efficiency of the tools of this blog. 

The first blog post that I am going to post are going to post some things for the very beginner traders than I am going to keep building on top of that so that anyone can come into The Wall Stock Journal and read through the blog and know step by step what they need to do to begin trading from the comfort of their own home.

Once we have developed the foundation for the beginning traders to get started.  I will keep posting information to keep building the beginner trader.  Resources and links will also be posted to help supplement my blogs information.

Feel free to introduce yourself/ experiences via my contact page or on any of the comments post so I can get a feel for the people who are looking at the blogs and I can change the post to meet the needs/wants of the viewers.

The Mission

Welcome to The Wall Stock Journal!

 The stock market can be a very intimidating for beginners and even people who have traded stocks for years.  This blog is created to ease the intimidation as we can build a community of people of similar interests in the stock market together.  Talking to others about their opinions/experiences of trading the stock can help each other make more educated decisions. 

Financial markets are very large and impossible for any one person to keep track of all at once.  This community can take pieces of individual interests and share them while they pick up someone else’s knowledge from another area.

During my time following the stock market I noticed it to be very difficult to find reliable information about companies.  Even more difficult it is hard to find honest insight from an experienced professional.  At The Wall Stock Journal we will give you our honest opinion of the area and are attracting professionals to stay active in the posts.

Let’s all come together and collaborate on our opinions about stock, penny stocks, sectors, options, commodities, and any other investing ideas you might have.  The goal is to educate each other in a professional manner and in the end we all can make some money.

Feel free to contact us by email about anything you would like us to make posts/discussions about.  I am willing to answer any questions that an individual has about anything in regards of investing.  I hope the best of luck to everyone.

Happy Trading!

Click Here!

About me

My name is Dave and I would like to welcome everyone to my new blog “The Wall Stock Journal”.  I am a senior at Illinois State University.  I am majoring in finance.  Finance is my passion and helped inspire this blog.  Growing up I was always interested in money and my family taught me about investing along with the importance of saving/budgeting.  Years have passed and along the way I have studied businesses and how they perform, improve, innovate, and grow.  I quickly realized that these things that I do for fun could help me invest money into these companies. 

The last 5 years I have started trading in the stock market and watching the way it moves very closely.  I am far from the trader that I aspire to be but with the busy schedule that work and school has me on I am satisfied with my progress.

The way that I look at life is that it is a learning process and we should drive to learn something new no matter what age we are or walk of life.  I plan to keep learning throughout my life in financial markets and in areas well beyond that.  One day I believe that I can become the trader/investor that I have always dreamed of.  I know that it will not come over night but it will come with some hard work and determination. 

I appreciate everyone for checking out my blog and I hope you enjoy it and you can learn something from me and I can learn something along the way also.

Click Here!