How do you know which stock to buy?

>>1486714
Unless you are alright with losing a lot of money, you better diversify your portfolio.

>>1486721
You mean diversify my $500 into those 20 stocks?

>>1486731
Yes. Your return will be much lower than, say, if you put it all into Apple in the 80s, but the possibility of making a loss will be extremely slim.

Like with every stock, you'll have to consider carefully if you'll invest in it, but if one or two of your stocks does badly, you won't immediately lose money.

>>1486714
ETFs

>>1486843
This

>>1486714

Don't buy any stock now, save your capital and wait until stock prices crash like in 2008, buy solid companies at firesale prices and hold long term. We are in a stock market bubble now that won't go much higher until it pops.

>>1487990
but muh daily dips, bruh

Your problem with only 500 is that transaction costs will eat up all your profit. Say you buy $50 of 10 stocks. That's $7.5 dollars going in AND coming out. That's 150 of your 500 bucks going to fees.

The answer, as mentioned, is to get an ETF.

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>>1487990
What time is it? Time to time the market!