https://www.youngadultmoney.com/8-ways-to-start-investing/ Make More. Save More. Live Better. Mon, 12 Oct 2015 02:49:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://www.youngadultmoney.com/8-ways-to-start-investing/#comment-23972 Mon, 12 Oct 2015 02:49:06 +0000 http://www.youngadultmoney.com/?p=17773#comment-23972 Anum The 401k match is key!  You are leaving money on the table if you don’t take full advantage of it.  P2P is definitely an interesting trend, looking forward to see where it goes in the future.

]]> https://www.youngadultmoney.com/8-ways-to-start-investing/#comment-22900 Tue, 14 Jul 2015 20:57:58 +0000 http://www.youngadultmoney.com/?p=17773#comment-22900 I’m so glad my company offers a 401k match. People should definitely take advantage of this. I’ve been pretty interested in P2P loans lately, but I’m still not sure if I’ll start investing with them. I’ll have to do a little more research first

]]> https://www.youngadultmoney.com/8-ways-to-start-investing/#comment-22527 Mon, 22 Jun 2015 01:55:26 +0000 http://www.youngadultmoney.com/?p=17773#comment-22527 mrselfreliance It’s a great strategy.  I also like to play around with my investments from time-to-time, but for the most part I leave them alone.

]]> https://www.youngadultmoney.com/8-ways-to-start-investing/#comment-22100 Mon, 25 May 2015 09:56:18 +0000 http://www.youngadultmoney.com/?p=17773#comment-22100 We do the equivalent of 401k and the Roth IRA.  Once you set up an automatic payment, you don’t have to do much.  Although I like playing with ETF’s and choosing my own funds.  But at least if I get lazy about it the money keeps going in every two weeks.

]]> https://www.youngadultmoney.com/8-ways-to-start-investing/#comment-19932 Wed, 31 Dec 2014 21:35:39 +0000 http://www.youngadultmoney.com/?p=17773#comment-19932 kay ~ lifestylevoices.com Haha well $250 is better than nothing!  It’s funny how when you invest you always eventually find a use for the funds ;)  Thanks for the kind words about the post, I definitely put a lot of effort into it.

]]> https://www.youngadultmoney.com/8-ways-to-start-investing/#comment-19924 Wed, 31 Dec 2014 01:33:01 +0000 http://www.youngadultmoney.com/?p=17773#comment-19924 Wow, that was a comprehensive list!  We went the mutual fund route many, many years ago.  At some point we needed the money and took it out, but apparently never closed the account.  A few years ago I saw a story about Unclaimed Funds and went online to check it out.  It was exciting to find out that account had never closed.  Visions of $$ signs danced in our heads.  But alas, it was about $250.  Ah well.  Anyway, I’m going to go over this with Jay.  You made it extremely easy to understand, DC.  Thanks! :)

]]> https://www.youngadultmoney.com/8-ways-to-start-investing/#comment-19915 Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:21:59 +0000 http://www.youngadultmoney.com/?p=17773#comment-19915 Jason@Islands of Investing I think it’s great if people put a small amount in an individual account before retirement investing, but I worry that if they put off their retirement account for too long they will lose $ from company match.  It’s just so easy to put off getting started.

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