# How to Start Investing in Stocks – Buy One Index Fund, Then Automate It

- Source: Money Crashers
- Published: 2026-11-04T19:50:00+00:00
- Category: Markets
- Original: https://www.moneycrashers.com/start-investing-stocks-index-fund/
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/how-to-start-investing-in-stocks-buy-one-index-fund-then-automate-it-c48d0b/

Investing in stocks yourself takes four steps: open a brokerage account at a large, low-cost broker, fund it from checking, buy one broad index fund before any single stock, and schedule an automatic purchase of that fund every month. Do the first three once, and the fourth keeps you investing without another decision. Source

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