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McDonald's (MCD) - All you need to know
Ways to invest in McDonald’s
The easiest and most well-known way of investing in a company like McDonald’s is by using a stockbroker. A stockbroker is a popular service that enables you to trade stocks almost instantly, with low transaction fees.
There are plenty more ways to invest in McDonald’s online. For example, you could gain exposure through an ISA, a mutual fund, or even a CFD. These strategies and others will be explored below, and links will be provided that take you to pages with additional helpful information.
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What is McDonald’s?
McDonald’s is the world’s largest restaurant chain, with nearly 39,000 locations in more than 100 countries. The company famously developed some of the biggest innovations in its industry, including the assembly-line model for fast food service and the franchising model for restaurants. Today it’s a global Goliath with more than $21 billion in revenue and nearly 2 million employees (counting employees at McDonald’s franchises).
If you want to know more about the stock market in general before investing in McDonald’s, read our introductory guide. It is a great resource to kickstart your investment journey.
How to invest in McDonald’s
The following is a list of the different approaches you can apply when investing in McDonald’s. Click the links when you want to find out more.
- McDonald’s stockbrokers. Buying McDonald’s shares through an online broker is a fast, easy, and convenient way to invest your capital. Trading with a broker can be done in a matter of seconds, usually costing just a few pounds per trade.
- McDonald’s mutual funds. A mutual fund is an investment strategy that involves pooling your money with the capital of other investors. Then, an investment expert known as a mutual fund manager invests the money on your behalf into a variety of stocks and assets. This is called a diversified portfolio, and it carries less risk than investing in a single stock or asset.
- McDonald’s ETFs. An ETF allows you to hold shares of many different stocks at once, often grouped with peers from a specific industry or sector; so, in the case of McDonald’s, it will be conglomerated with other public restaurant chains. Similarly to a mutual fund, investing in an ETF allows you to limit risk by diversifying your investment.
- McDonald’s CFDs. A CFD (contract for difference) is an agreement for a buyer to pay the seller of the CFD the difference between the current value of an asset and the asset’s value on a specified date. This is a flexible way of speculating on McDonald’s share price without owning stock outright, and you can use leverage with CFDs to increase the stakes of your investment.
- McDonald’s trusts. An investment trust is a pooled, closed-end investment method, and is especially popular for UK residents. Trusts trade on stock exchanges and they can attract more investors over time. A McDonald’s trust allows you to benefit from the company’s stock price increasing by owning shares within the trust.
- McDonald’s ISAs. An ISA (Individual Savings Account) may be something you have used before, but you probably didn’t realise that McDonald’s stock could form a part of one. ISAs are tax-free savings accounts for UK residents and it lets them set aside up to £20,000 of their income per tax year for investments.
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