[jmxthievez]

Tupacia, thanks for the response.

I am currently 21 years old and will be a college senior come Fall. I am currently at a paid internship and am pretty confident I can net around $55,000 to $60,000 a year out of college if I decide to get a job right away. That being said, yes I have made some money from poker and am looking to invest it, or more importantly, learn about the best way to invest it.

I am currently reading a few books on equity investments, i.e Peter Lynch, Ben Graham, etc and want to be able to pick my own stocks in the future.

I have not ruled out indexes, from what I've read they perform quite well. I am just trying to learn the most that I can while investing my money wisely. I hope that gives the forum more information for advice. I appreciate it.