Forget the hype. Investing in stocks is not a game. Unless you are a professional trader or a trained financial analyst on Wall Street, you should be wary about investing in and trading individual stocks. There is an army of well-paid professionals on Wall Street that are paid to trade and analyze stocks for a living, and they don’t beat the market as a whole.

Two rules for investing in stocks: keep it simple and diversify.

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