Coming into some money. Where to invest?

Hi guys, big fan of this sub, mostly a lurker so this is my first post. Anyway,

This summer I'll be working my ass off and should have about ~$5k after two months. I'm hoping to invest anywhere from $500 to $1k for some long term gains. What I'm asking from you guys is: what do you think is a safe bet? Im in no rush, but don't want a too hefty stock price. So should I bet on a company like overstock.com or should I be looking at some Chinese stocks perhaps (I don't know much about those). I've heard good things about biotech stocks as well so maybe I should look there? Any suggestions you guys have as to what sector I should dedicate my limited research time to would be extremely helpful. Not asking y'all to invest for me lol.

Thanks in advance! Hope this makes for some good discussion about long term stocks also.

Submitted April 27, 2015 at 12:42PM by evanbananas http://ift.tt/1IfzA41