Hi /biz/
I'm currently a freshman in college with about $2500 in the bank. My parents are paying for my tuition and over the summer I will live with them and work a job. I have 0 overhead so saving is easy for me at this point, but I also don't want my money to sit there as I slowly chip away at it when I'm not working. I have decided to invest my money, primarily in the Wilshire 5000 while also dabbling in individual companies aswell. This is primarily an exercise in starting to self-educate myself on how to properly trade and invest for the future when I hope to have a lot more money to work with. I am majoring in Environmental Science, but I intend on double majoring with either Economics or Entrepreneurship in-case you're wondering. My father is a business owner and he
Does this seem like a sound plan? I have little risk currently as I am fully supported by my family, and it seems like a good time to start learning. However I have seen grumblings of us being ontop of a bubble, and with a new president coming into office aswell I know it is a volatile time. Should I just save and wait, or do I start this process and get my feet wet?
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Looks like my sentence got cut off. I was going to say my father is a business owner and he always preached to me how important it is to strive for self-employment, and teaching myself about investing seems like a good place to start.
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>>1718646
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