Invest in one hour a day at Yahoo Finance. Read the articles, follow the links, Read the advertising. In 30 days, with a little study, you will know more than 90% of the investors out there.

Study the Warren Buffett method. In a nutshell "Buy (high) quality and hold for decades."

Find Motley Fool, theStreet, Vanguard, Fidelity, Zacks, and the Couch Potato Portfolio.

Investing is NOT rocket science. It also is not "gambling" on options, penny stocks, selling short, tips from your barber or "gut" feelings.

Invest wisely and retire wealthy

You are on the right path by going to college. Pay off the car and try your best to stay our of debt. I agree with the other two answers. I will add to read The Little Book of Common Sense Investing, The automatic millionaire, and the millionaire next door.

Read Jim Cramer's books at least once (start now).

THen develop a paper portfolio (do not actually buy) and see how your investment expertise works

Finally, check Yahoo finance for charts and moving day averages (left column in Yahoo finance) for past performance

I'm 19 years old, have a new car payment and am going to college. I would really like to invest in my future, but don't know where to start. I will obviously start slow because I don't have much to build off of. Where should I start to try to build assets?