Anyone in or have any knowledge of the investment market?ING Direct etc>>

[Coop77]

Ok,now how do I decide on who to invest my money with?I googled investment firms and I came across"American Capitol",web page looks fancy and surely designed to entice but what's the ins and outs on making a informed decision?

By the way with the strong response to the "Index Mutual Fund"That's what I'm leaning towards.5 years seems a good start to get my feet wet.

Open an account with Ameritrade.com, then you can buy & sell stocks and funds.
The biggest index fund in the world is VFINX, which invests in all 500 stocks in the S&P index. Also there is IVV, which invests in the same 500 stocks, but is an "exchange traded fund" instead of a mutual fund, so it has no minimum investment. A good place to research is finance.yahoo.com

[dedic8ed1]

Open an account with Ameritrade.com, then you can buy & sell stocks and funds.
The biggest index fund in the world is VFINX, which invests in all 500 stocks in the S&P index. Also there is IVV, which invests in the same 500 stocks, but is an "exchange traded fund" instead of a mutual fund, so it has no minimum investment. A good place to research is finance.yahoo.com

Thanks man!!!!