When you use a DRIP to invest in stock, you are buying directly from the company. You can usually buy on a regular basis. And, when a dividend is paid, the company allows you to automatically reinvest the money. This can be a great help, as more of your stock investment money goes to, well, [...]

Before you decide to purchase stock in a company, you should do your homework. Stock investing is not a sit back and wait for your stock investments to take off kind of a thing. If you want your stock portfolio to be successful, you need to do some research on the companies that you invest [...]