<prompt> Human: I have two questions regarding my finances:1. Should I invest before or after the electionwill the election have an impact on the stock market?2. What should I do with my Apple and Tesla stock?Heres a current breakdown of my expenses:Im a college student whose currently working a job every other semester at 25hour. I have a scholarship that covers my tuition and my parents are kind enough to pay for my groceries and rent using the money that was saved. So Ive essentially been able to save almost all of the money Ive earned so far around 28k, plus I had saved up 7k going into college. I have no car and am not saving up to buy anything right now. My current investments are:-Vangaurd Mutual Index fund tracking SP 500: 10,0000-Vanguard Roth IRA: 11,000-Savings: 7,000-Apple Stock: 7,000-Tesla Stock: 1,500Id like to take out 5,000 from my savings and invest however I dont know if I should do this before or after the election or if it will matter and I also dont know what I should invest in ETF, Mutual index fund, or the stock market. Ill save the rest of what I make this year so I can max out my Roth IRA contributions next year. Also I invested 6k in Apple about 5-6 years ago and its only netted about a grand, and Tesla hasnt been doing great either. I keep waiting for them to go back up but that keeps on failing to happen. Im assuming I should sell them.Thanks.  <response>: The election will make the market go up. Or, down. Unless it stays about the same. Its hard to tell. should I invest in a ETF, Mutual index fund, or the stock market.Those are not mutually exclusive. You could do all three with a single investment, assuming one concedes that the F in ETF means fund. I keep waiting for them to go back up but that keeps on failing to happen. Im assuming I should sell them.That is the time-honored way of making them go up. 