In the following video, Andy Cross, The Motley Fool's chief investment officer, takes a question from a Fool reader, who asks, "If you have 5k to invest, what would you invest in? Stocks or mutual funds?"
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Investing for the first time: What should I put my money into: stocks or mutual funds?
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