re: What’s the best place to put $2,000?

Is is *all* of your savings? IOW, your emergency funds, your contingency-car-broken-down-gotta-get-it-fixed funds, your deductible for your health insurance, etc.? If so, put it into an online savings account. You’ll make 2%, but it won’t shrink and you can get access to it if necessary for those aforementioned things.

If, on the other hand, you have an emergency savings cushion, your health insurance/car deductible, etc already squirreled away, and this is the beginning of actual investing, you can consider other options.