Buying stock for the first time

Buy low sell high

Diversify. Watch your fees. ETFs and mutual funds are probably your best bets. Set it and forget it.

Buy companies that you do business with , that treat you well , and seem to do a good job.

Buy companies that are diversified . I am a fan of Ecolab. You name, they are in it . Hotels, restaurants, industrial water , refineries , oil and gas, wind , solar, pest control , life sciences , etc.

Eh, my $0.02. Good luck!

I like buying individual stocks.

Just visit the different brokerage sites and pick the one you like. Most have educational tools you may find interesting and almost all of them will let you atumatically deposit funds on a monthly basis.

I agree with those suggesting the Robinhood app. 100% free trades. The only drawback I’ve found with it is that many stocks, mainly OTC’s aren’t available.

I’m a newb, too, so I wouldn’t be qualified to give you much advice. I was sure to do thorough research before buying. Look at multiple sources on any stock you’re considering before pulling the trigger.

Oh, I’ve been in mutual funds for over twenty years, and I agree with your assessment. I’m not throwing big money at anything right now, just feeling my way.

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No reason to be trading OTC stocks ever, much less starting out, trust me I learned the hard way back in college. So maybe he should look at Robinhood

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Or, you know, have some higher risk stuff and some lower risk stuff.

It's possible to have higher risk stuff that isn't OTC, just saying.