I had an annuity that I just took control over from my Grandfather. He pulled the into the money markets just as the market started to nose dive, and I just put it back in on Monday. Up 7% so far. Nice.
So that one will sit and make money for me, but I'm thinking of playing around with a couple more accounts:
1. Retirement account. Not sure if I will add to this annuity or start something else. Hopefully funds will allow for me to get that started this year.
2. A "fun" account. Something I can drop $500 into just for shits and giggles, see what I can do with it.
I'm in my mid 30's, so I'm open to advice. Once all this WuFlu stuff dies down, I'm going to have a meeting with Fidelity to discuss goals, but I don't even know what I don't know yet.
Particularly on the "fun" account, what is the best way to do that? Looking for some way to trade individual stocks here and there. I sold out half my pitiful Bitcoin portfolio for a 15% profit, letting the other half ride, so I have a few hundred bucks as investment money.