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Buying shares

How to buy or sell shares

Buying shares in 3 steps

You can buy shares with ABN AMRO on various stock exchanges, including the Euronext Amsterdam and the New York Stock Exchange. All you need is a Self-Directed Investing account. You can then place orders in the ABN AMRO app or on Internet Banking.

Investing involves risk. You could lose all or part of your initial investment.

1. Open your Self-Directed Investing account

Don’t have an investment account yet? To buy shares, you will need a Self-Directed Investing Basic or a Self-Directed Investing Plus account.

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2. Find the right share for you

You can choose from more than 270 shares with Self-Directed Investing Basic and a more extensive range with Self-Directed Investing Plus.

3. Found the right share? Submit your order!

Submitting an order is easy to do in the ABN AMRO app or on Internet Banking. Shares are tradable during stock market trading hours. As soon as an order has been processed, you can track its performance 24/7 in real time. You can also sell your shares in the ABN AMRO app or on Internet Banking.

Having trouble submitting an order in the ABN AMRO app or on Internet Banking? We’ve put together a convenient list of all the steps for submitting an order.

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Frequently asked questions

Your bank or broker will calculate the fees you will be charged for their services, such as service fees or transaction fees. Read more about investment fees at ABN AMRO.

At ABN AMRO, you can buy and sell shares traded on stock markets around the world, including Euronext Amsterdam and the New York Stock Exchange. If you want to trade on the stock market, you’ll need an investment account. At ABN AMRO, you can choose Self-Directed Investing Basic or Self-Directed Investing Plus.

You can buy and sell whenever the stock market is open. Opening hours vary per stock exchange.

You can never tell when is the best time to sell a share. And it’s difficult to find the perfect moment to enter the market. To avoid investing all your money during a stock market peak, you can choose to start investing in stages. This means that you’re spreading your investments, and the risk, over time.

The share price is the price at which the share changes owners. A price is established when there is demand for a share, and also supply. When demand is high, the price goes up. When supply is high, i.e. lots of people want to sell the share, the price drops.

The current price is not the exact price you will pay or receive for the share. For that, you have to look at the bid price and the offer price. These two figures tell you the price at which you can sell or buy a share: 

  • Bid price
    This is the highest price that someone is willing to pay for a share at a specific point in time, and at which you will be able to sell the share. Given that there are often large numbers of sellers and buyers operating on the market at the same time, the bid price fluctuates constantly.
  • Offer price
    This is the lowest price at which someone is willing to sell a share. It is the price at which you will then be able to buy the share. Again, given that there are often large numbers of sellers and buyers operating on the market at the same time, the offer price is also subject to constant change.
  • Spread
    The difference between the bid price and the offer price is referred to as the ‘spread’. Shares that are traded on numerous occasions on a trading day tend to have a tight spread, while shares that change owners less frequently are likely to have a wider spread.

Alongside the price that you pay for a share, you must also take various costs into account. Read more about the costs involved in investing.

Stock markets don’t just trade in direct shares in companies. Shares (and bonds) in different companies are often pooled together in funds. The advantage of this is that it spreads the risk. When one share in the fund goes down, another may retain its value or even go up. Shares can be pooled together by theme, sector or as a reflection of the overall stock market. You can invest in shares that carry a lower risk by investing in investment funds and ETFs (index trackers).

Why you should choose ABN

Extensive choice

At ABN AMRO, you can choose from shares of the most appealing Dutch, European and US companies, among others. The basic range alone contains over 270 shares.

Easily place orders yourself

You buy shares at ABN AMRO with a Self-Directed Investing account. You can place your orders in the ABN AMRO app or Internet Banking.

Free tools and expertise

Make your own investment decisions using our tools and expert opinions, or learn more about investing with our useful step-by-step plan.

Investing involves risks

Investing involves risks. You could lose (some of) the money you invested. If you are going to invest, it is important that you are aware of this. Invest with money you can spare. Read more about the risks associated with investments.

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