Since you are under-age, you must have someone open a custodial account for you. Then, they must make the trade for you.
The shares that you buy are kept on file at the brokerage. Many companies no longer issue certificates for shares but keep track electronically.
When or if your company issues a dividend, it goes directly to your account.
You can get more information at their websites.
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Whoever owns the shares of stock are the owners of the public company, no one else. When you buy a share of stock, you are then one of the owners of that company. It could be any of over 13,000 companies that are traded with stock on the open market such as McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, Amazon.com, Ford, Krogers, your local bakery or electric company.
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you will need way more than $200. Commissions will be $20 alone to buy and sell, so you need a 10% return to even break even.
A stock like NVDA would have to rise above $20 for you to even start making money which would take months to happen most likely.
Sorry to rain on your parade
So I am only 14, and am only going to spend $200 on stocks. I want to buy some shares from NVIDIA (NVDA). Firstly, would this be considered investing in a company or buy/selling stocks? I plan to keep the share for at least a year, so i am assuming it would be considered investing. Also, what would be a good company to buy through? I am thinking about e*trade because they have a platform that you can download (I'm too much of a newb to use it anyways) and and you can do stuff on the web. What company should I buy through if I am only going to buy stock from one company and spend less than $200? Thanks in advance, and I know I'm a noob and am not going to buy random stocks. I have reason to get some shares from Nvidia, and I am a fan of their company.
