<prompt> Human: Edit: a little more detail, it was a 10,000 inheritance and I dont plan on buying my first home for around 10 years. I dont know much about investing so Im wondering if I should go to an investment firm or something similar.  <response>: Do you have other savings? Or is this 10k all of your money?If you do not have other savings, then I suggest you keep the 10k in a bank savings account for now. You could put some of it into a certificate of deposit CD which would pay a slightly higher interest rate than a bank savings account, with no risk.I dont recommend investing all of your savings because you could have some emergency expenses between now and when you want to buy a house or car. Youll want to keep at least a few thousand easily accessible to you in a bank savings account. 