At the moment, I'd probably put it towards a new computer simply because I'm upgrading soon anyway. :P
Putting that much into stocks, if you played it right and got a bit lucky, it's conceivable that you could have 10 grand by the end of the year. I think it would be a good way to get used to the market anyway, because since it's a smallish amount of money, there's a chance to gain decent cash yet if you do happen to hit some bad stocks and lose, you're not going to be broke.
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