<prompt> Human: Im currently 18 and ive been interested in the stock market for a few years now and finally have money saved up to invest 2,000 now I dont want to invest all of that because I will be starting college in a few months and have to pay car insurance Roughly 150 a month and gas money. As far as income goes I have two jobs that pay 8.25 per hour and 9.30 per hour. Not sure if its financially smart to invest since I could end up losing money if im not carful, but I figured it couldnt hurt to figure out reddits opinion on the idea.  <response>: Youll soon figure out 2k is not a large amount of money to invest. Better to just stick it into a high yield savings account and use it for every use, or to start an emergency fund. 