<prompt> Human: I recently picked up a job in which I have the ability to save a lot more money than I could before. I am looking to get into investing in to blue chip and other stocks but cant figure out what avenue to take to do so. I am looking to put about 100-200 into this each month so nothing too major. Are there any good applicationswebsites that could help me out with this?  <response>: To be honest with you, its not that much money and making 10 gains vs 1 gains isnt going to be that big of a difference with the amount. Im going to go against the grain and say to pick some stocks instead of indices so you can maybe get some experience with a little skin in the game. I started out buy finding a blue chip stock that I liked. Theres a lot of stocks to sift through and for a beginner, I think picking a company you enjoy and want to see do well regardless of your money is a good sieve. My first couple were Disney and Apple. Check out the thirty stocks on the dow. Thats a bunch of diverse companies that you cant go too wrong with.Do some reading on how to analyze the basics of a company with the other links in the thread and you should be able to find something up your alley. 