[DWPittelli]

If you need us to tell you who to use for a brokerage, you shouldn't be picking your own stocks. Get an index fund like Fidelity Total Stock Market or Vanguard Index 500.

[meenie]

Put your money in a six month CD. Pick the best stock you can find to follow in that period of time. By then, you will be willing to leave your money in the CD.