I thought about having fidelity to get me started at buying stock. I have been following some stocks for months. But I'm just beginning... so are mutual funds really the best to start with? I'm just looking for the simple thing; invest in cent stocks, where I can ONLY lose the money I already invested and at the same time learn. Can someone give me a solid example of sotck they bought, what they had to pay for, what to do to get a broker, everything prettty much. I need to know step by step. Thank you

First its not a good idea to piggyback your question on someone else's. This can lead to confusion. You should start a new thread. So I've moved your question to its own thread.

Mutual funds can be a good place to start, especially if one hasn't too much money to invest. Mutual Funds are generally targeted to a type of investment and the assets held can be somewhat diversified.