[pooncophy]

Do you sincerely think you would find it enjoyable to manage your investments and spend serious time doing research? You'll probably end up checking the value of your stocks severel times a day. If yes that's fine, but you might consider doing business with an investment advisor who specializes in assessing mutual funds and then sells you those that best suit your needs. You don't end up paying so much more - the broker's getting a deal on scale.