text: if you invest in the stock market try having a very broad portfolio. have stocks from large cap(5 bil and up) mid cap (1-5 bil) and small cap(under 1 bil). also dont get all stocks from one market like compuer reasearch try to have a variety of companys in case one industry fails or does poorly(aircraft). If your really bad get a broker to handle your money. you will not get money instantly. that is how you lose money. hold on to stocks for 5-10 years and it will payoff you will not get rich overnight. mabey try investing in mutual funds. where a group of people pool their money and buy lots of companys so even if some companys fail you still make money. im 17 and invested 5000 in a mutual fund and in one year I have 7000. with a 10 year projected value of 25000. so dont jump to decisions and reasearch a company enough so in 1 min you could explain to a 5 year old why you are investing in that company. look at companys competetors.