If those $ 2000 are «funny money» that you don't mind losing but would be really
excited about maybe getting 100 % return
in less than 5 years, well, feel free to put them into an individual
stock of an obscure small company, but be aware that you'd be gambling, not
investing, and you can probably get better quotes playing Roulette.
It's by taking
in the disheartening news that people's hearts will be opened to hearing
about all of the
exciting discoveries
about how
stock investing works that we have learned
about in recent decades and have been keeping secret out of a concern than telling the true story will make the Buy - and - Hold advocates look bad.