This is probably the most traditional form of investment pre-Internet. And has it gone away today? No! Quite to the contrary, it's alive, revamped and there is a lot more opportunity to make money...and lose money...from the stockmarkets. Is it worth putting money on the stockmarket? Classical question, to which I will give the classical answer. It depends how long you want to keep the money in there for. If you want to, and can, leave the money aside for 5 years or more (i.e. you are putting some of your SAVINGS into the stockmarket), then definitely YES. Whilst past performance is not a guarantee of future performance, the stock market tends to outperform other forms of investments in the long term. Read the rest of the article on the lihttp://www.makemoney.com.au/make-money/1132-m...arket.html