There’s roughly a post a day asking this. If you’re curious about answers given to other people, here’s the link to all “Ask HN” posts: https://news.ycombinato

There’s roughly a post a day asking this. If you’re curious about answers given to other people, here’s the link to all “Ask HN” posts: https://news.ycombinator.com/ask https://news.ycombinator.com/ask You can focus a bit by searching for «Ask HN market»: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=Ask%20HN%3A%20market&sort=byDate&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... Edit: "<...individual stocks...> are there other ways not typically discussed in the mainstream?" You haven't mentioned not timing the market, and instead investing in low-load index funds. I just want to make sure that that's called out as being in the mainstream - and is literally the investment strategy everyone should adopt, barring insider trading, being close to retirement, or being Warren Buffet.