re: How did you get into the stock market?

Got into IRA's for the tax deduction. Had a broker prior to Etrade that was crappy. When the market was up a lot, my account would go up a little. When the market was down, my account would go down a lot. Thank goodness for Internet.

In the 2008-9 Great recession, I moved money from bonds to Vanguard ETFs on Etrade and let it ride.