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If you ever want to retire or if you want to be rich someday, you will need to make your money grow. The best way to do this is through investing. By investing, you won't have to save as much to make more money, or you can make more money faster and maybe even retire early.

You do your research. You read countless of books on investing in stocks, bonds, commodities, mutual funds, and currency. You learn how to become rich by investing, you learn how to research stocks, and you learn how to retire young. You bookmark the right investing websites to stay up to date and are now ready to get started.

Now what do you do? You've done you're research and you know what you want to invest in, but how do you start investing? Where are the brokers that need to buy you stocks? With the internet, it is now easier than ever to get started buying stocks and investing.

My top recommendation for a stock brokerage firm is Sharebuilder. I have been with them for more than 2 years now buying and selling stock, and I've had no problems. Once you sign up, you can get started investing right away. It's really that easy! It will take about 10 to 20 minutes to get through the sign up process, and then after sending in copies of ID, you should be all set.

If you are concerned about safety, rest assured that Sharebuilder has got you covered. You don't have to use any credit cards, you just connect your checking account with your sharebuilder account to transfer money. They have lots of security features including verification codes that need to be entered every time a trade is made or money is transferred.

Probably the best part about Sharebuilder is that stock automatic investments only cost $4. Since there is no minimum investment, you could invest as little as $10 if you really wanted to. They are excellent for long-term buy and hold investors.

If you're new to investing, you might not feel comfortable choosing stocks on your own to buy. If this is you, you can choose to invest in any of Sharebuilder's mutual funds instead. With a mutual fund, you just send in your money and an fund manager pools it with other investors' money and chooses stocks to buy for you.

It's never too early to start investing. Ten, twenty, or thirty years from now, you will be very happy that you started early. Don't worry about your future. Just do what you need to and stay on top of things.