Investing in stocks can be the best way to invest money. With the Dow down around 40% now is an excellent time to begin to look at investing in the stock market.

Many of the cyclical industries such as basic materials have been hit particularly hard, some shedding as much as 70% of their highest value in the last year.

There may be more turmoil on Wall Street to come, but investing a small amount that you would be comfortable losing could likely more than double its value over the course of a year or so, depending on when markets rebound.