What should I do for my first investment?

Hello!

Congrats on taking the step to making your first investment. Do take note of the exchange rate when you are buying anything outside of Singapore market.

As for your $1500, it would be good if you have a savings of at least 3-4 months worth of expenditure as a safety net before making any investments. You also need to consider your time horizon of investments, whether you want to keep for short term or long term. The easiest way to start will be with robos such as Stashaway as it is fuss-free management with a small management fee.

Congrats on beginning your investment journey. Before you begin, I hope you do have about 6 months of emergency savings and get yourself sufficient insured (shieldplan, lifeplan etc.)

I will suggest to start with ETF if you are a beginner or only have a small amount to start with for investing, as investing in an ETF helps to instantly diversify your portfolio (not in all ETFs) . VOO is a good choice and APPLE is one of their top few weightage stocks (Can take a look at FTEC/ VGT for more APPLE weightage at the cost of diversification)

It is quite risky to invest all your funds in just a single stock (APPLE) as one of the most important component of investing that many neglected is a well-diversified portfolio.

Just my opinion. Do not succumb to FOMO and invest safely.​​​