investing money or ways to make money?

[deathb4disco]

What's a good way to invest small amounts of money like 1 thousand at a time?

I suggest investing in an index stock fund with one of the major fund companies: Vanguard, Fidelity, Schwab or T. Rowe Price.

Most of these funds have a minimum initial investment amount of $1,000 - $3,000. After the initial investment, you can deposit whatever amount whenever you want to.

There are many index funds: large stocks, small stocks, foreign stocks, etc. For starters, I suggest a total stock market fund or an S&P 500 fund. (The S&P is up 15% this year and up 36% over this time last year. As they say, though, past performance does not guarantee future results.)

[crappieseeker]

so is a total stock market fund or an S&P 500 fund an index stock fund or something different? Do the major fund companies do the S&P/

I suggest investing in an index stock fund with one of the major fund companies: Vanguard, Fidelity, Schwab or T. Rowe Price.

Most of these funds have a minimum initial investment amount of $1,000 - $3,000. After the initial investment, you can deposit whatever amount whenever you want to.

There are many index funds: large stocks, small stocks, foreign stocks, etc. For starters, I suggest a total stock market fund or an S&P 500 fund. (The S&P is up 15% this year and up 36% over this time last year. As they say, though, past performance does not guarantee future results.)

[deathb4disco]

so is a total stock market fund or an S&P 500 fund an index stock fund or something different?

They're index funds. The S&P 500 is 500 large US companies. When you invest in the S&P 500, you are buying a portion of each of the 500 companies.

The total stock index holds about 4,000 US stocks. When you invest in that, you are buying a portion of each of the 4,000 companies.

[deathb4disco]

Do the major fund companies do the S&P/

All of the companies I listed above sell a variety of index funds, including the S&P 500 and total market.