Inesting in Apple is never bad... ever since they released the iPod they have been going up. Altough I am kinda waiting to see what is going to happen when they are going to release their new processor. That could be either the breakthrough or the downfall of apple
Invest in Google, some kids bought like a lot of stock from Google when it was only $1, and now its like 529$ each and they sold them all and are Millionares...
Thats a choppy render, and it was also random as hell. Sorry to hear about the stocks man. But they will go back up eventually.
Lose some to make some I suppose. Who was it that you invested in? If you invest in the big companies you might as well as invest in mutual funds; since, big companies are usually at their market peak and only slowly grow (most of the time). Unless you learn a lot about the stock market and spend at least a few hours a day researching it, you probobly won't much in the stock market. My advice is to get educated in the stock market and start subscribing to finacial magazines like IBD or newspapers like Wallstreet. Be smart. Weight the facts. Take the risk.