<prompt> Human: Im looking to make a little extra cash outside of my full time job, and have been thinking of getting into stocks. Im a recent grad with student debt and little to actually invest at the moment, but figured it might be a good idea to get started figuring out the best way to approach investing in stocks. Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated!  <response>: We typically recommend indexing. As the other poster mentioned, its incredibly hard to beat the average. If you wanted to seek outsized gains in the market, small caps do have a history of outperforming the overall market, which is why I own some VSMAX total small cap market, but Id recommend you do your own research to decide what is right for you.Here are a couple worthwhile reads: Id actually recommend starting with pt. 32, the last post, then reading from 1 