Buy/Sell shares online to make pocket money

please be very cautious as to buying shares on-line. I am a law student, and I am aware of the grave dangers that may arise through buying on-line shares. The rewards tend to be somewhat trivial especially when compared to the massive losses that can be endured. Be very careful and selective as to what companeis you choose to buy shares in if you should so choose to do so. If possible, check the balance sheet of the company for at least 5 years, and gauge the average profit/loss etc per year. Caculate if ther has been a rise or fall in profit, and if there has been change in the management of the company. You would be safer to simply raise the capital and then keep it in atrust and then live off the interest.