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DRIP Investing, Step by Step

Welcome to "DRIP Investing, Step by Step: A Complete Guide to Investing in Stock on a Shoestring Budget." This is the most useful online guide to investing with dividend reinvestment plans (DRIPs) that you'll find on the Internet.

Here you'll learn all you need to know to get started investing in DRIPs -- and be on your way to building a portfolio of common stocks with little or no commissions.

Table of Contents

1. What's a DRIP?
2. Buying The First Share
   • Buying A Single Share Direct from the Company
   • National Association of Investors Corporation
   • First Share
   • OneShare.com
   • Buying a Single Share From a Friend
   • Buying a Single Share From a Broker
3. Establishing the DRIP Account
   • Forms of Ownership
4. The Mechanics of a DRIP
   • DRIP Administrators
   • Giving a Gift of a DRIP
   • Certificate Safekeeping
   • Account Statements
5. Optional Cash Purchases
   • Discounts on Purchases
   • Partial Dividend Reinvestment/OCP-Only Options
   • Automatic Investment Plans
6. DRIPs & IRAs
   • Self-Administered IRA Accounts
   • DRIP-Sponsored IRA Accounts
   • Reinvesting Dividends in Brokerage IRA Accounts
7. And Now the Bad News. . . .
   • Tax Considerations of DRIP Investing
8. DRIP Glossary