Investing

I’m thinking it makes sense to buy mutual funds as opposed to stocks on those -a-trade Web sites, can keep them without worrying about quarterly earnings reports and they are controlled by experts. Make sense?

I usually invest about -3,000 a month to mutual funds.
Questions are: Are there any best time of the month or week to invest? Are there any monthly or weekly trends on how the DOW "goes"?
I want to buy when it’s low.
I know it’s a hard question to answer but are there any [...]

All companies I know i.e. Fidelity, Scottrade,
E-trade charge fees…selling/purchase of mutual funds. Which one is the best and least expensive?

I want to buy some mutual funds now but I remember hearing something about taxes mutual funds pay. So I will get hit with that bill right? Is there a better or worse time of year to buy mutual funds?

I buy mutual funds through a 401K plan at work. Most of my money is in growth stocks that cover some dividend paying companies, but it also carries Google and Apple. I have trouble understanding a very basic thing about mutual funds… and that is what determines the price per share? Is it set by [...]

i already max out my 401k & ira’s. should i just keep putting more into my taxable mutual funds or buy some individual stocks? or perhaps another rental property? (i dont need the money for about 5 to 7 years until i retire). i have 2 cfp’s & they will certainly advise me to give [...]

it seems like EVERYTHING IS IN THE RED, even those funds that have historic high returns
should i buy and start investing $ into funds for retirement? i dont wanna lose all my money, i want to gain interest on the investment i make
thank you.

I want to know what parameters (with what values) to look in a stock to buy for 1-5 days investment/trading period.
Also, I want to know if I can buy mutual funds for day trading purpose? If yes, I guess that will be safer approach to invest for this short periods, make profit and then [...]

I have an account with scottrade and everytime I try to buy mutual funds with a few hundred dollars I get messages such as "6,000.00 minumum investment" or "2,000.00 minimum investment" Are there any mutual funds you can put a few hundred in?

I am a college student and I would love to invest in mutual funds. What sites you people usually used? For example for stocks they would get firms such as Etrade,Scottrade,Firsttrade,Zecco, etc. Is it the same thing? What should I look for toward in a fund? What is a morningstar rating of 5 stars? Any [...]

I am 14 years old and very interested in the stock market, and investing money. I want to buy a mutual funds. Does anyone have any advice for me, or know of any banks/companies where I could buy mutual funds? Thanks!

I’ve been investing mutual funds from a bank (Bank of Montreal, a canadian bank) for a year… I hear that mutual funds charge high fees.
I do have some knowledge about stocks, because I watch business news quite often. But I am a little afraid to invest on my own because I’ve never done it [...]