So, I'm going to start investing with $1100 and see what I kind of return I can get in one years time.  I can afford to invest more, but I'm going to be cautious until I get my feet wet again.  I haven't done any investing in several years.  Right now, CRNT looks strong.  I'm down $70 right now, but i'm going to be patient and give it a few weeks.  It's a good stock, and I think it will hit new highs again this summer.  Analysts tend to agree.  I've got my whole nestegg in this stock, which is risky, but I've done my research, and CRNT is universally agreed to be a strong, outperform, buy, strong buy, etc stock.  Over the next year, I'm mostly going to play with small cap stocks, and we'll see how I do.  I've got my eye on a few others as well.