hello guys,

wanted to know, how can i invest in Apple Inc stocks, im looking for buying small stocks only and how much cash do i need to have for me to start.

cash for investment : 10K

pls pm me, but seriously 10k is abt 3k usd, you can't buy much

thanks, yea but start small and ill be buying more stocks a as times goes by

just need to know how to do it.

i don't think 10k is enough to be honest.

not attempting to belittle you, but once you factor in, the fixed/variable brokerage fees et cetera, it might not be beneficial.

to make things worse, even remitting the money from the states over to your malaysian bank account will incur a fee.

This post has been edited by nokia2003: Feb 10 2011, 01:19 PM

Better try to invest in KLSE stock market first..
10k is a good start in KLSE

the wise rabbit has spoken

The board lot in US is 1 share. So, technically, as long as u have around USD 358 which is apple current price, you can invest already. Open an account with a US based broker rather than a Malaysia one as the Malaysian-based charges will probably kill you. Google for discount brokers in US. Some transaction fees can be a low as 2-3USD. Interactive brokers can go as low as USD 1 but your capital is not sufficient to open an Interactive brokers account. Transferring money to and from US will set you back at another RM200-300. But, if you are there in the long term, this shouldn't be a problem. Only use cash that you can afford to invest, if the 10k is the cash that you can afford, meaning you have other money set aside, this should not be a problem as you don't need to withdraw and bank in money that often.

You can also gain exposure by buying options, which is much cheaper than buying the shares itself. For longer term, I think Apple should have LEAPS, so can buy that also. But, if you are inexperienced, start with plain vanilla equity first.

BTW, this is an opinion on how to buy shares, not the shares itself. Buy at your own risks and do the due diligence.

This post has been edited by the snowball: Feb 10 2011, 12:34 PM

Why Apple?

Why not others?

And really, RM 10k is peanuts if you investing overseas stock market. Invest in local stock market will bring better result. No?

at the current trend Apple is performing (profit after profit and rapid gain of market share), it is actually a good buy.

AAPL is the best share I've ever invested since 1986!
So many grandchildren!

thanks for the suggestion and reply, ill have it ponder first.

thanks for heads up, this really make me thinking over and over again.
hmm so around 8-9 lotshares i guess for the 10k the money i invested.
yes, 10k basically a money that i've put aside, im thinking either ways to put it up on gold investment, or this stocks trade.
may i know what is vanilla equity? i know it's a very sounds noob question but ill make my homework first before proceeding any steps further.


invest in local market is good but depends on which company.
apple is predicted to have a market share around 1000USD by 2015 if this current apple momentum profit by profit is going on years by years, so i think , investing earlier sounds good.

definitely, i wont be buying when their stocks going for $1000.

Ah, I see. Too bad I'm know nuts about stock.

1 unit is 358.16USD aka RM1074.xx which means you can buy about 8 unit max after commission, assuming the wire rate is 2.95 per 1USD.

what solid reason it hav? besides more market capitalization?

what is the solid reason apple will gain til USD1000? look at the momentum now, yeah good buy but when I look again, its already peak cycle. Which the question, what other fundamentals run tat support the next 650 % gain?

you do not need to be a finance guru to figure why apple is a good buy.

the most recent GFC is a good predictor of apple IMHO.

it outperformed itself and its competitors and can definitely be classified as a 'recession proof' company.

speculation and if you take a look back few years back, apple has been gaining itself and become onf the most valuable company in the world, if i've much more cash i'd definitely invest in apple stocks but since 10k is just a limited budget and after pondering about the fees that i've to paid to convert myr-usd and misc fees ill have to look for another option i guess.

wat goes up, mus cum down, its a cycle & I wanna short aapl once its trend changes
look at its Short % Increase 50.44%
http://shortsqueeze.com/?symbol=aapl&submit=Short+Quote%99

why not try apple-c4?

not heading for bubble?
i prefer google over this. as its more solid recession proff & you sure need it to find job.



agree with, wat goes up must come down.

i don't understand this part.

kindly elaborate.