Time in the market beats timing the market.
Read this and do this.
https://www.fool.com/investing/gener...ment-plan.aspx
It's really as simple as that. It might not be sexy or exciting, but the returns in the long term (10+ years) will beat most everything and everyone.
You certainly don't need a financial advisor either, at least not until you've got a couple million in assets.
Assuming reinvestment of dividends and a very conservative 7% rate of growth, that $50K would likely be worth $125K in 10 years. If you managed 10%, you could be looking at $165K.