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But I’m going to treat it like one :)

I’ve been thinking of getting my feet wet in the stockmarket, so I signed up for a Sharebuilder account. I did it through Costco so that I could get the $55 referral bonus after my first trade. (If you’d like a referral bonus but aren’t a Costco member, I can send you one as well. Just email me.) The signup process was quick and simple. I’ll probably check out Zecco as well.

So far I haven’t done anything more than send a tiny bit of money to my account and add about 30 potential stocks to a watch list for myself. I want to learn more about things before I actually buy any individual stocks.

The idea I have is to treat the stock market like a toy: to play with it and have fun. I’m going to allot a certain amount to it each month (or maybe every couple of months, I haven’t decided yet) and just have fun picking stocks with pretty charts. The money will be an amount that I won’t mind losing entirely, if it comes to that. Of course I won’t mind at all if “pretty charts” turns out to equal “gains”. Here’s hoping :)

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