Stock Markets Exposed

how does investing in stock work?whats the recommended book to read in order to learn how to do this?

am plannin on investing in stock but i have no idea how to do that.i mean i have never done this b4 so am just tryin to grow some couple of hundred dollars?can i start with 4 dollars?

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1. "Guide to Investing" by Robert Kiyosaki. Go to richdad.com for more books by this Author.
2. "The Only Guide to Winning Invest Strategy that You'll Ever Need" by Larry E. Swedroe. Another excellent book is "The Big Money" by Frederick R. Kobrick. Good luck!
3. "Investing for Dummies" No disrespect intended but it is a good primer. Investing in stock means you buy a small piece (stock) in a company. The price varies with the public's desire to have those shares - more desire means the price rises. Investing in a single companey's stock is a little risky (and the smaller the company usually means even more risk). You may want to look into investing into mutual funds. Mutual funds are like a package of all different types of companey's stock put together by a fund manager. This lessens the risk since you are more diversified. (If a few of the companies do poorly than several others within the mutual fund may do well offsetting the poor ones. Stock you may buy in share increments and mutual funds usually by a dollar amount - say $1000 worth. Usually the brokerage firm you use for investing has a minimum purchase amount - unless you do it online yourself.