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i like to invest in stocks or mutual-funds . can u tell me that what is the better option to invest ?

and also tell me the what is the process to invest in stocks and mutual-funds?

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1. For beginners it is best to start with mutual funds. The first step in the process in educate your self to find the best investments. The "process to invest" properly is too long to go into here, books have been written about it. Start with either book, "Investing for Dummies" or "Mutual Funds for Dummies" both by Eric Tyson and both can be found at any good bookstore. Online, go to www.investing.rutgers.edu/index.htm or www.better-investing.org. Www.vanguard.com also has an education section.
2. if u have time to do analyst---stocks. if u dont have time, let people do it for u.--- mutual-funds. if u want to to invest in stocks, find broker company, they will do it for u. if u like mutual-funds, just find them.
3. Mutual fund investing is great and it isn't just for beginners. I invest in both individual stocks and mutual funds.......you want to diversify your money in many different areas to reduce overall risk.
4. Listen, there's no easy way to answer this question. It really depends on how much risk you're willing to subject your hard-earned money to on a daily basis. As with all things in life, risk=reward. Most mutual funds suck....they are headed up by idiots who take massive rips and charge ridiculous transaction fees. The only good thing about them is that its very hands-off, and if you pick the right ones, it can provide a stable source of returns. If I were you, I'd look at the beta of the stock (measures market sensitivity), and either choose one that has a beta of 1 (when using the S&P 500 as a market portfolio proxy) or I'd invest in an index fund...like the S&P 500 or Russel 2000 index. And do research....only the idiots lose money in this business.
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6. If you have less than $10,000.00 USD then you should invest in Mutual Funds or ETFs. You need to open a brokerage account at TD Ameritrade, E*Trade or any other company.
7. Avoid stocks completely until you've done about 500 hours of research on how to invest in stocks. Read everything you can, papertrade, trade ideas at www.marketocracy.com, learn to read financial reports. In the meantime, buy mutual funds but not all at once. If you have $10,000 in cash now for example, dollar cost average into the funds by investing only $1000 a month for the next 10 months. Buy an asset allocation (large cap, small cap, international, and bonds).