<prompt> Human: Ill be heading to college soon and will have around 5k that I would like to invest. I want to invest in Stocks and bonds etc so that by the time I graduate, I can pay off a good chunk of my student loans and then some, along with be able to gain more after graduating. If possible I would like to know these following things from my fellow experienced redditers and professionals.What firm should I look to open a brokerage account?What kind of funds should I invest in, besides stocks that Im interested in?What bonds or should I even look into bonds?What would you do if you were in my shoes?Just a heads up thank you to anyone who read this and is commenting.  <response>: This question gets asked daily on here and my advice would be to keep it for college. 5k isnt that much and and stocks are no guaranteed to have any return on investment. But if youre dead set on it do it through the app called Robinhood. Your best bet would be to spend that 5k on your tuition because student loans accrue interest which is normally anywhere from 4-8. Best of luck 