Quote Originally Posted by pacfan View Post
Quote Originally Posted by Clubber View Post
How do you even go about buying stock? Do you have to talk to your banker? Or what?

And is there a certain amount of money you have to invest, or can you invest just enough so that if it goes wrong, you're not really losing that much?
Clubber, there are lot's of ways to invest in stocks, even just thru the internet. But you don't just go in there and buy them without knowing much about them. First thing first. First, you have to learn about investing in stocks. You can do that by reading some books about them or even studying some infos about them on the net.

During normal times, what people who don't know much about stocks do is to find a reputable and reliable mutual funds company and let them invest your money - they have all the expertise to do that for you. But for now, since it's not normal times these day, the best thing to do is to put your money in the bank - I'm pretty sure they're guaranteed so it's safe there...
That's what I did. I followed the advice I was given when all I really wanted to do was keep it in the bank.

I wouldn't feel so bad if it was my own money, but it was the cash I got from my mom's life insurance for my education, so I find it particularly hard to deal with atm. I'm thinking of pulling what's left out of the funds and sticking it in the bank...