answer:You can put some money with a company like Fidelity. Their webiste has information on stocks, if you want to do research on the stocks you are interested in. You can type in the company and they will show you how some of the top investors are advising for that stock, buy, sell, hold, so you can compare what people are saying. You can do it all through the site, you can get help 24 hours by their 800 number, and they also have retail locations if you prefer that. Although generally their people do not recommend specific stocks, but they will help you with funds. Funds might be a better way for you to go, because they will own several stocks in a particular fund. You can buy energy funds, health care funds, international funds, etc. Here is their website www.fidelity.com