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one important consideration of what to invest in is when you plan to sell the investment.

if you plan to need the money within 10 years or less, or can think of plausible scenarios where you would be forced to sell the investment within 10 years or less, it is probably not a great idea to invest the money in the stock market or any similarly volatile investment.

why? because stock prices are volatile and can decline unexpectedly, and may take the best part of a decade to recover, and you don't want to be forced to sell your investment after it has lost value.

if you do want to consider investing in the stock market, some reasonable entry points to start reading are:

* https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Getting_started

* http://www.efficientfrontier.com/