Stocks and how to invest?

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Look up the "Fox Fifty" on the net. These are the top companies. Start crossing off the ones you are simply not interested in. Pick a symbol and type it into Google. Take a quick look at buy-hold-sell advice from investment advisers If it is a buy, read a little more about it's prospects Say you have 5 stocks you like. Do more research on each one. As you research each stock you will learn more and more about what is involved. Compare the charts of each stock. See what it did during the Bush recession. Keep comparing and eliminating until you have one stock left.
Go to Fidelity.com, sign up for a brokerage account, fund it, and buy the stock.