HOW TO INVEST

How To Invest

If you want a shot at becoming wealthy, you need to do more than simply earn money. Most importantly, you need to hold onto the money you earn. And then, you need to grow your money. In order to grow your money, you need to learn how to invest.
When you become an investor, you’ll be using your money to acquire things that offer the potential for profitable returns through one or more of the following:
Interest and dividends from savings or dividend-paying stocks and bonds
Cash flow from businesses or real estate
Appreciation of value from a stock portfolio, real estate, or other assets
As you learn to become an investor, you will begin to devote your limited resources to the things with the largest potential for returns. That may be paying down debt, going back to school, or fixing up a two-family house.
Of course, it may also mean buying stocks and bonds, or at least mutual funds or exchange-traded funds.
Thanks to advances in technology, you can start to invest with as little as $5 a month and a smartphone. It’s our job to help you filter out the noise, learn the basics, and make good investment decisions from the start.
So here are the basics of how to invest—wisely.
Table of contents

Why invest?
When should you invest?
Investing for the first time
Risk vs reward
What do you invest in?
Our philosophy is to keep investing as simple as possible
Mutual funds
Retirement accounts
Advanced investing strategies
Bottom-line advice
Should you DIY or get help with your investments?
Online stock brokers
Robo-advisors

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