When I was a kid my parents invested some of there money in stocks. The money they made from these stocks was saved and use for emergencies. I would like to do the same with my money and would like some advice. I have done some research and found a good online stock brokerage company and made an account. the company does not require me to put a certain amount of money in my account but is there a minimum amount of money I should spend ? if I were to spend about 1000 dollars would you recommend I use the money to buy stock from one company or several companies? Is there any other advice you want to give me ?