Online Stock Investing

The famous American satirist expressed this evergreen opinion after loosing a fortune in the stock markets. “September is the worst month to invest in stock markets. The other such equally worst months are January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, October, November and December.”- Mark Twain. Stock markets continue to be a mysterious investment avenue till this date. Many now, have forgotten the outcry method used to place buy and sell orders which provided scope for ambiguity and foul play. Upcountry investors, who had only phone lines to rely upon, and their friendly neighborhood brokers, placed their buy and sell orders putting their faith in the Almighty. No one could tell for sure when their orders would get executed, when their purchased shares would be delivered to them, and whether it would be a good delivery transaction. Much to their chagrin, on many occasions investors found that their open rate buy orders were executed at the highest price on the day that the transaction took place; yes, sell orders at the lowest price! They merely cursed their fate, knowing fully well that the gutter rats of stock market had played price manipulation tricks on them, as they had no proof to ascertain at what time of the day the transaction took place.

Enter online stock investing and things were in for a sea change. For the first time, investors in remote parts of the country could actually take part in real time trading and watched their own orders appear live in the screen. The best part of it was that exact second and minute of the particular trade was mentioned in the contract note. The rate at which the stock changes hands without brokerage is clearly mentioned. No body can go back on their commitment as the stock exchanges backed all deals done online.

Price manipulations are now a thing of the past, thanks to online stock investing. With reliability assured, more and more people have flocked to the stock markets and volumes of trade have seen a quantum leap. The natural outcome of online stock trading is the dematerialization of shares that has wiped out all bad delivery problems at one go. Several online brokerages have sprung up in every nuke and corner of the country and people who hitherto shied away from stock markets boldly buy and sell shares.

Online stock investing has done a whole lot of good for the commodities trade as well. Common man can now deal in crude oil, gold, silver, pulses and a whole lot of metals and agricultural commodities. Agriculturists are happy that they are assured of a good price for their commodities as they could sell in the futures market and be safe from price fluctuations.

The best part of online stock investing is the real time settlement process where the seller realizes his amount the very next day of the deal. Investing from home and taking investment decisions on road has become a reality now. Transparency, the much sought after virtue in the markets seems to have arrived at last.