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Originally Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard
What is the best way to get into the market at the current time though? I have around 10,000 that I wouldn't mind putting into the market, but I really am pretty niave in the whole stock market and how to get involved as in the past I have pretty much gone in on using a family stock broker?
I was looking into companies like GE but I don't want to throw money into a ship that is sinking.
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I'd average into either an index fund or a diversified mutual fund, dividing the money into equal parts and putting it in over a period of six to eight months. Buying individual stocks right now would be particulary risky, I'd say.