First Time Stock Investor

[JasonJBrady]

Hi
New to investing in stocks just wondering whats the cheapest online broker to use if I'm looking at buying shares for a long term investment 3-5 years roughly thanks

 

[jamiesmoney]

TradeKing and Interactive Brokers are both pretty good.

 

[Jim2007]

Hi
New to investing in stocks just wondering whats the cheapest online broker to use if I'm looking at buying shares for a long term investment 3-5 years roughly thanks

Well to point out the obvious - 3 to 5 years is short term!!! In fact if you can not hold equities for at least 5 years, then you should not be investing in them, speculating perhaps, but not investing.