you guys are giving complicated ideas to starters with your title of simple investedment ideas. give ideas, not scare them out of their panties!! and all starters should know that they should never invest more money than they can afford to lose. I have not done stocks, but i keep my eyes on it. Forex is what i do mostly, not for a firm or anything. Seems like 99.99% of you are in stocks or futures. You guys have talked about most of the important blocks of leveraging and capital and gains and losses. so, keep it going, i have nothing for now.