When it comes to investing there are a couple of things you should keep in mind to be successful. Decide on an amount or percentage to invest regularly, stay consistent with it and understand investing is not a get-rich-quick scheme, but rather a way to consistently grow your wealth over time. With that philosophy, utilizing the stock market in general or more specifically mutual funds is a great way to invest. By doing so you can keep your money diversified, limiting some of the down side risk and give yourself the opportunity for great upside long term.* The S&P 500 index has averaged over 9% per year over the past 90 years.
*Although past performance is no guarantee for future results.