You would need to decide which type of broker will work best for you. To start with a full service broker can lead you through the process. Once you have a better understanding of how the process works you can then change to a discoutner.
They usually input the trade on a work station. Sometimes, if the order is large enough (Usually 10000 shares) they will call a trader. A ticket is usually written out after these trades.
The right way to buy a stock is ask the person or company that has the stock in sale to sell it to you then discuss the price and try to get the best price for the stock.
The best time to buy would be when a stock is trading below its intrinsic value.
Using different models (Discounted Cash Flow, PE-Earnings Growth,etc.) you can estimate the intrinsic value -- or...
Stocks are to be bought at the bottom, which means when the markets are falling and should be sold at HIGH. Reference: http://groups.google.com/group/vantagetrade Not necessarily so, There are...