<prompt> Human: Hi Reddit! I started a small business a few years back, and its been pretty successful. I went through my life as soon as the money started rolling in, and cleaned a bunch of stuff up: 1 Paid off mine and my wifes credit reports and student loans2 Paid off both of our car notes and own both of them outright3 Paid back all our debts, public and private4 Started paying all my bills with a dedicated bank account that has 3 months of bills in it. My safety net5 Filled my house up with all the amenities and tools that my wife and I have been wanting for the last 10 years.Now that all my ducks are in a row, its time to start hoarding some coin for our future, but the problem is I have absolutely no idea what Im doing. I watch financial news reports on CNN and MSNBC and I swear to god they might a well be speaking in Sanskrit. I looked around online and found a billion different people all saying they know the secret to investing, and I cant tell the shylocks from the con men from the legitimate advice.Where do I start? Where do I go to learn how to manage my retirement at the age of 40? I know I should have figured this out years ago, but I was dirt broke and living paycheck to paycheck back then, and this is the first time Ive ever been anything but a dirt poor farmer.Any suggestions? I have about 5000 every 60 days I can stash and Id like to make it grow.Thank you very much.EDIT: Holy sheep shit. I came back from working and found like 90 replies. Thanks guys! Im sorting thru it all now.EDIT: Stop sending me PMs and telling me to show my father some respect. Ive recieved dozens of them. To be clear, calling someone a redneck isnt disrespectful where I come from: it means your a hard working bad ass mother fucker.Assistant: Check the wiki for most answers to your questions.Also being able to save 2.5k month isnt a crazy amount of money so dont do what a lot of people do and start spending like crazy. The biggest thing to be careful about is the creeping need to keep up with the joneses. Enjoy your money and financial freedom, but be smart about it. GL, and congrats on your success!Human: Im lucky there. I am the son of a redneck, and happy as hell with my paid for 10 year old truck and my wifes paid for 10 year old car.Im not ever going to be a keep up with the Joneses guy. My fishing gear is intact, my dogs belly is full, and my wifes got a closet full of simple sun dresses, and thats how we aim to keep it.  <response>: Literally having a closet full of sundresses is one of my life goals. 