Stocks

Own a piece of a company's future

  • While stocks fluctuate, growth may help you keep ahead of inflation
  • Potentially generate income with dividends
  • Flexibility for long- and short-term investing strategies

Free

stock analysis and screeners

$0

commission per trade2

Why trade or invest stocks?

Stocks let you own a piece of a company’s future. They’re available for a wide variety of industries—so you can tap into your knowledge of specific businesses, or help you to diversify your portfolio.

Growth potential

While stock performance changes over time, successful stocks can help your money grow—at times, they can even outrun inflation

Income

Some stocks pay regular dividends—that’s income you can keep or reinvest

Flexibility

Since stocks trade by the millions every day, you can move quickly when you’re buying or selling

Control

You decide which company to invest in, when it’s time to buy, and when it’s time to sell

Take charge of your finances with us
and start with a generous cash bonus.

Why trade or invest stocks with us?

Our tools, info, and professional guidance mean you’ll never have to face the markets on your own.

  • Get market data and easy-to-read charts
  • Use our stock screeners to find companies that fit into your portfolio
  • Trade quickly and easily with our stock ticker page

 

Fast facts

  • Stop and conditional orders may help protect your portfolio
  • The price-to-earning (P/E) ratio can help you identify value stocks 
  • Compare earnings-per-share (EPS) between similar companies 
  • Market capitalization (market cap) is the dollar value of a company
  • Stock performance can fluctuate depending on market conditions

Top five dividend yielding stocks

CVX
0.56 (+0.54%)
IBM
0.86 (+0.6%)
VZ
0.12 (+0.21%)
DOW
0.57 (+0.84%)
WBA
0.28 (+0.51%)
Created with Highstock 4.2.5

Learn more about stocks

Our knowledge section has info to get you up to speed and keep you there.

What is a dividend?

A dividend is a payment made by a corporation to its stockholders, usually out of its profits. Dividends are typically paid regularly (e.g. quarterly) and made as a fixed amount per share of stock.

The basics of stock selection

Selecting stocks for investing and trading should not be a guessing game in today's market. Join us as we review the basics of technical analysis and other stock selection techniques you should know before buying a stock.

What to know before you buy stocks

Placing a stock trade is about a lot more than pushing a button and entering your order. We can help you prepare before you open a position and develop a plan for managing it.

Take charge of your finances with a new brokerage or retirement account.
and start with a generous cash bonus.