why aren't you paying taxes? isn't that a little illegal? anyways for stocks, if you just wanna take it easy you should go for a mutual fund. if you're more of a risk taker you can buy the stocks yourself. just remember to diversify, with the current volatile market it changes a lot. one company you should take a look at, they're not public yet, is Jetblue. they're gonna be BIG. oh, and krispy kreme donuts. KKD baby. emulx was a good bet after they climbed from like 20 to 45 =p. check em out now.