I have recently completed my masters and got a job in finance.  I deal with the study of investments.  Do you know much about finance?
I try to invest on my own, but I certainly haven't studied it to the same extent. I'm an engineer by trade.
Finance is an interesting subject.  You must know a bit about it to do your own investing. In my work we aim to price assets based on their risk level and their expected rate of return.
Would you have any advice for someone like me who is a bit leery of jumping into equities at the moment?
Well it is difficult to tell you too much it all depends on your circumstances and personal financial situation.  
I'm a bit heavily invested in real estate and am looking to diversify. It's just that I don't have any confidence in any investment vehicles being a good buy today.
Real estate is a prime investment.  if you are unsure, stick with what you are comfortable with at present.  Dealing with the assets and liabilites over time under conditions of different degrees of uncertainty and risk can be stressful.
I know the stress for sure. I've been a bit concerned lately about flat yield curves on treasuries. Have you noticed that?
Yield curve
In finance, the yield curve is a curve showing several yields or interest rates across different contract lengths (2 month, 2 year, 20 year, etc. ...) for a similar debt contract. The curve shows the relation between the (level of the) interest rate (or cost of borrowing) and the time to maturity, known as the "term", of the debt for a given borrower in a given currency. For example, the U.S. dollar interest rates paid on U.S. Treasury
and I've got tons already for this one. But, you know, if he's gonna stick around... I didn't want it on the last one, and I knew that. I'm completely open to having that conversation. I haven't talked to Tom about it, I haven't talked to Gary open about it, but I'm open. That's not saying it is or isn't gonna happen. But my ears are open."
In a June 2017 interview with the Ultimate