My wife and I have decided to try the stock market. I have no intention of making my fortune there but I think it my b fun to play with for a little while. I think I am going with Scotttrade.com for my on line broker. I am going to be using Investools to help me make my decisions on my stocks. It looks like the whole market is in a sideways tread right now. So I am not too worried on getting all wrapped up with this. I have been reading that since the 1950’s the worst months in the market are Sep, Oct, and Nov. Anyway it may keep me busy in my retirement, which my come sooner then I think.