{"id":1865,"date":"2015-05-13T00:15:33","date_gmt":"2015-05-13T08:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cultofmoney.com\/?p=1865"},"modified":"2015-05-12T06:10:25","modified_gmt":"2015-05-12T14:10:25","slug":"investing-for-beginners-ideas-to-get-started","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cultofmoney.com\/investing-for-beginners-ideas-to-get-started\/","title":{"rendered":"Investing for Beginners: Ideas to Get Started"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>I\u2019ve been in the personal finance space for years but still, investing in the stock market wasn\u2019t something that I jumped at. Instead, I hesitated for far too long.<\/p>\n I wasn\u2019t sure where to start, what to invest in, or even how to go about it. Now that all seems so silly.<\/p>\n The truth is, it is ridiculously<\/em> easy to get started, you don\u2019t need to be an \u201cexpert\u201d, and you can start investing with as little as ten dollars!<\/p>\n Here are some investing for beginners ideas to get you started. (Even if you have no clue what you\u2019re doing!)<\/p>\n I see a lot of headlines in news stories about the pros and cons of choosing a robo advisor over an in-real-life financial advisor. But the truth is, it doesn\u2019t matter which one you pick. Anything is better than nothing!<\/p>\n Plus, if you don\u2019t have a lot of money to start with, don\u2019t want to pay large fees to financial advisors, and haven\u2019t a clue what you\u2019re doing, going with an online platform can be really great.<\/p>\n I personally love Betterment as my \u201crobo-advisor.\u201d Getting started is simple, there are no minimum contributions, and you can have a retirement or personal investing account up and running in minutes.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s how it works:<\/p>\n It\u2019s seriously as simple as that.<\/p>\n I started buying individual stocks at the beginning of 2014 and have took a pretty substantial loss based on my choices. My Betterment account, also started in 2014, has a positive return and is crushing my picks.<\/p>\n Going forward I\u2019m going to keep my retirement accounts with a robo-advisor and let them choose the investments for me.<\/p>\n Investing is not an all or nothing type of thing. If you\u2019re just getting started you have the option to take it slow.<\/p>\n You could buy one individual stock just to get your feet wet or explore different types of small investment ideas<\/a>. Do what you need to until you feel comfortable.<\/p>\n The last thing you want to do is invest every single dollar you have in something you know nothing about!<\/p>\n Let\u2019s move beyond the idea that investing means you have to buy into stocks. That\u2019s not true.<\/strong> There are plenty of self-made multi-millionaires who have never put a dime in the stock market.<\/p>\nChoose a \u201cRobo-Advisor\u201d<\/h2>\n
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Start Small<\/h2>\n
Realize That Investing Goes Beyond the Stock Market<\/h2>\n