How to Direct Buy Nike Stock (3 Steps)

Obtain and read the plan brochure carefully before you enroll in the Nike DSPP. This brochure discloses the full terms and conditions of the Nike DSPP, including current fees. It is available for download through Nike's transfer agent, ComputerShare (see link below) or you may request the brochure and enrollment form by mail by calling ComputerShare at (800) 756-8200.
Decide what investment method you want to use and how much you wish to invest. Your initial investment must be by check, but after that you can deposit money by check or through electronic debiting. The cost for electronic debiting is less. As of 2009 each transaction cost 3 cents per share plus $2 (electronic debit) or $5 (by check). The minimum initial investment is $500, but this may be paid in 10 $50 monthly installments through automatic debiting of your bank account.
Download and complete the enrollment form and send it to the address shown. You must provide your name, address and Social Security number. You also need to give your bank account information and fill out a debit authorization form to set up electronic transfer payments. Include a check for your initial investment plus $10 for the setup fee (this is a one-time charge). Make the check payable to ComputerShare. Drop the enrollment form in the mail and you are on your way to becoming a Nike stockholder.

How to Make Money Daytrading the Stock Market

Look up the price chart for the stock. Visually, volatility is shown by the sharp up and down angles on a stock price chart. The sharper the angles, the higher the volatility. You can look this up on your favorite investment research site such as Google Finance, Yahoo! Finance, or MSN Money; you can call the Investor Relations Department for the company to request a price chart; you can go to to the company's website to check for investor presentations; or, you can contact your stock broker. As a day trader you are primarily concerned with daily price charts.
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Obtain the beta for the company. Beta is a measure of volatility and can be used in the same way as the price chart is used -- to find companies with highly volatile stock pricing. You can also obtain the beta for the company from investment research websites, the company website, company Investor Relations or your stock broker. The further the beta is away from 0, the more volatile the stock.
Select three highly-volatile stocks in terms of beta as well as their price charts. Beta can help to find the stocks, but the price charts allow you to study stock patters.
Track these stocks over one month. Look for daily patterns in the price chart. Patterns may emerge in early morning trading hours or after market news. See if you can predict the price movements before they occur.
Make buy or sell decisions based on daily highs and lows in the stock. Since you've been tracking the stock over the past month, you know the natural support (bottom) and resistance (top) levels of the price chart. Buy the stock when it hits a bottom and sell the stock when it hits a top.

How to Obtain a Stock Certificate (3 Steps)

Ask your broker to get the stock certificate on your behalf. This is the easiest way to get a stock certificate. No matter what type of broker you have an account with--online broker or full-service broker--you can request a physical stock certificate at an additional fee. Check with your broker for details about the process as well as the fee you will have to pay.
Contact the company in which you own shares directly. If you purchased the shares directly from the company, then you can contact them for a physical stock certificate. If you cannot locate or contact the company directly, you may visit its state of incorporation for information.
Order the stock certificate through a transfer agent. Most companies that issue shares to the public have a transfer agent to handle the company's securities. You can find the name of the company's transfer agent in the company's annual report. You can visit the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to get the annual report of any company listed on the stock exchange.

How to Buy Direct Stock Without a Broker (4 Steps)

Find out if a company you are interested in offers a direct stock purchase plan. Companies offering DSPPs feature them in the Investor Relations section of their websites. Alternatively, you can check transfer agent companies like ComputerShare and Sharebuilder, who have lists of the companies for which they manage DSPPs on their websites.
Open an account with the company's transfer agent. You can either call the transfer agent and request a paper application or apply online. There is a one time fee to set up a DSPP to buy direct stock without a broker that ranges from $10 to $25, depending on the stock. The minimum investment is usually $250 or $500.
Arrange to have monthly investments automatically deducted from your checking or savings account. You can make your investments by check. However, if you use electronic funds transfer the transaction fees are lower--just $1 to $3 per transaction, pus 3 to 5 cents per share. Another advantage of using electronic debiting is that you can meet the minimum investment requirement with monthly installments of $50. Once you have invested the minimum you can add more when you wish, as long as additional investments are at least $50 each. Some companies, like Exxon Mobil, even pay the transaction fees for stock purchases so all of your money goes directly towards purchasing stock.
Choose the plan features that suit your needs. Most DSPPs provide free dividend reinvestment and safekeeping storage of your stock certificates. You can set up a direct stock purchase plan as an Individual Retirement Account (IRA). Some companies add special features. For example, McDonald's has a program in which a minor can start a direct stock purchase plan for their stock for as little as $100.

How to Value Stock for an Estate

Contact the decedent's financial adviser. As the financial adviser of the estate will not want the account assets to be distributed away from his firm, he will usually be amenable to any administrative task you ask of him during the valuation of estate assets. Combined with the additional resources that a financial services firm can offer, this is usually your best option for determining stock valuations for an estate. Make sure to submit a death certificate for the decedent and whatever trust or court paperwork authorizes you to administer the estate before making your request. In addition to the stock values on the date of the decedent's death, you also want to get the stock prices from six months after this date. Known as the 'alternate valuation date,' the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) allows executors to choose either of these two dates, whichever is more advantageous for tax purposes, when filling an estate tax return. The only restriction is that the net result of the alternate valuation selection must be a reduction in both the gross value of the estate and a reduction in the overall estate tax due.
Consult historical stock data. If you cannot obtain a value from the decedent's financial adviser, you can look up your own quotes to obtain both date-of-death and alternate valuation date prices. Historical charts and prices are available on a number of financial websites, including that run by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. For estate purposes, stock valuation is obtained by deriving an average of the high and low prices of a stock on the valuation date. For example, if a stock traded at a low of $21 per share and a high of $23 per share on the date of death (or alternate valuation date), the stock price for estate purposes would be $22 per share.
Use the decedent's statements. If a stock price is otherwise unavailable, you can use the average price listed on the two statements closest to the date of death to develop an estimate of a stock's value. Usually, stock prices are easy to obtain, but in the case of an illiquid or otherwise hard-to-trade stock, historical pricing data may be difficult to find. Although this is the least reliable method of stock valuation, the IRS allows an executor to estimate if prices are reasonably close to the valuation date.

How to Perfect a Lien Upon Shares of Stock (3 Steps)

Draft a security agreement, which gives you a lien on the shares of stock to guarantee the debt's repayment. Review the SBA Form Security Agreement for an informative example of a security agreement. Sign and date the security agreement. Request that the other party sign the security agreement as well.
Take physical possession of the stock share certificates. If the certificates are registered in the other party's name, request the party endorse the certificates over to you by separate document. Generally, the document need only recite the security terms, and that the shares are assigned and transferred to you pursuant to the security agreement. The physical possession of the stock constitutes perfection in the majority of jurisdictions, but it's recommended you proceed to perfect the stock as you would other property.
File a Uniform Commercial Code Financing Statement. The UCC financing statement puts the entire world on constructive notice that you have a security interest or lien in the shares of stock. This protects you from other parties claiming to have a higher previous lien in the shares. Filing the UCC financing statement is not absolutely or legally necessary for perfection of a lien on stock, in the majority of states, but offers further protection of your lien.

How to Buy Partial Shares of Stock (3 Steps)

Analyze your investment objectives and risk tolerance before you start researching companies that offer direct investment plans. Once you know the kind of stocks that are appropriate for your portfolio, look for companies that offer a direct stock purchase plan. Contact each company's investor relations department and request a plan prospectus and any other company disclosure statements that are available. Read this information carefully to ensure that you understand the plan's provisions, and select a company to trade with.
Open an account with the selected company's plan administrator. Complete a new account application if required, which will ask for some personal information, such as your name, address, contact information, and Social Security number. Some plans allow you to set up a regular, automatic investment plan that drafts a pre-determined checking or savings account. You'll be able to choose whether you want your dividends to be automatically reinvested into additional company shares or to be paid to you in cash, or whether you want a combination of the two.
Deposit the money for your purchase. When you first set up your account you might have to pay an application fee, set-up fee, or new account fee along with the amount of your initial purchase. Rather than purchasing a fixed number of shares of company stock, you'll be contributing a fixed dollar amount. The plan administrator will pool your money with money from all of the other plan participants and purchase company stock in one transaction. The plan administrator will divide the shares among each of the plan participants on a pro rata basis, which will likely result in both whole and partial shares credited to your account.