Tim

I've just now started investing in stocks. I'm a real newbie. I'm trying to track my stocks using "Yahoo Finance Premium". I got the "Premium" free for 14 days. I have no clue what it's telling me. For instance:

What do the Green and Blue lines indicate on the graph showing my portfolio indicate?

What on the Yahoo Finance site should I be watching for?

I did put in my portfolio of stocks. They seem to be doing alright except for Google. I've invested about  $2000 in 7 stocks and two cryptos. I intend to invest more once I get the hang of things.

By the way, I used Robinhood. I now know this wasn't the best choice and am considering switching. But I understand it'll take a week to get all my money out of it. And if I do, I'll lose $20 because of the Google stock.

What do you think?

I know that my only hope is to aggressively invest my money. I've started putting a good chunk of my near-minimum wage paycheck into a 401K. And I have put $14,000 into an IRA. Both of which I've chosen the "aggressive" option. I've only started doing this a year ago.

I know if I stayed safe with my money, the resulting growth wouldn't be enough to live off of for more than a couple of years. So I decided to gamble and aggressively put a good chunk of my money into stocks. I know very about stock investing. A week ago I bought $1000 in 5 stocks and a couple of different cryptos. So far things have fluctuated, but I have made a tiny profit.

I was thinking about using Motley Fools' advice and invest in their 10 suggested stocks and cross my fingers.

Is this a really bad idea? Is there a better option? remember I only have $100,000 and retire in 10-15 years. I'm willing to take risks.