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You can also buy shares directly in companies trading on the stock exchange through a stockbroker. An alternative to owning shares directly is to invest your money in a fund or a company which, in turn, invests its money in shares. Your investments will be taken care of by a professional manager who uses skill and experience to decide which
companies to invest in, buying and selling shares to grow your investment. This is called a 'managed scheme'. Your investment is spread over a larger portion of the market that you could do yourself, so reducing the risk. Unit trusts can have any number of investors, so are known as 'open-ended' funds. You invest in these funds by buying one or more 'units'. The price of units varies depending on how well the fund performs. Investment trust companies invest in other companies. Because of this these shares are limited in number, unlike unit trusts, so they're called 'closed-ended'. The value of your shares still depends on the performance of the investments but also on the demand for the investment trust company's shares themselves. You make money from your shares by the companies that you invest in declaring 'dividends' or an amount payable per share. The more shares you own, the more money you make. But of course, business trends go down as well as up, so be aware that it just as possible to loose your investments as it is to make a profit!
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Self-directed IRA adds investment optionsAZ Central.comFraud and the possibility of loss also can happen with stocks, mutual funds and other mainstream investments. But there's often an intermediary, such as a broker or financial planner monitoring things, and many financial companies restrict investors to ...and more » |
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