Posts Tagged ‘how to start investing’
S4-12: Economy in 2024 and How to Prepare for a Job Loss
Join 1,000s of Family Finance Moms who get free weekly updates! YES! SIGN ME UP! On this week’s episode of Finance Explained, Meghan covered strategies to prepare for potential impending layoffs in 2024, emphasizing the importance of having a budget, an emergency fund, and understanding state rules and regulations regarding unemployment benefits. She also addressed…
Read More >>>How to Learn How to Invest: The 3 Most Important Variables of Investing
If you want to know how to learn how to invest, it truly boils down to understanding 3 key variables: time, return, and contribution. These 3 variables underpin the core concept of finance – the time value of money. To learn more about the time value of money, how these variables work together, an investment…
Read More >>>3 Ways Diversification in Investing Reduces Your Risk
The next element to cover in our Investing for Beginners series is Diversification in Investing. Diversification is magical, helping to reduce the overall risk, or volatility in your investment portfolio, without necessarily giving up significant returns. Think of it as smoothing your portfolio performance over time. Read on to learn what diversification is, how it…
Read More >>>10+ Different Types of Investments: How They Work & How Risky are They
When you are just learning how to start to invest, all the options and choices can feel completely overwhelming. Once you’ve chosen the best investment account for you, you may be staring at a list of funds, with all different types of investments, and thinking… “Okay, now what?” The reality is all those different funds…
Read More >>>How to Choose the Best Investment Accounts for Beginners
Heading into the new year, you all expressed a desire to learn more about investing and planning for retirement. This post kicks off a series on How to Invest Money (When You’re Just Getting Started)… it starts at the beginning with choosing the best investment accounts for beginners. Because before you can invest a single…
Read More >>>Where To Invest Money: ETFs vs. Mutual Funds vs. Index Funds
In our current crazy, economic environment, I’ve been hosting a daily LIVE Q&A on Instagram every weekday at 10AM ET. One question I’ve been asked over and over and over again goes something like this: “Should I invest in an Index Fund or a mutual fund?” or “ETF or Index Funds – which is better?”…
Read More >>>What’s the Best Way to Invest Money (When You’re Just Getting Started)
When it comes to investing, many of you are coming with a completely blank slate. You want to know what you need to do to get started and what’s the best way to invest money. Learn about the types of account you need to access the markets, where I recommend you start, and what to…
Read More >>>10 Things to Know About A Stock (Before You Buy One)
When you talk about investing, the first thing everyone thinks about is buying stocks. There’s a lot more available out there when it comes to investing, but… Here’s a little Investing in Stocks 101, with the 10 things every person should know about a stock BEFORE you buy one. Whenever I talk about investing, I…
Read More >>>Understanding Investment Risk for Women
All of us want to earn more on our investments. But many women, if we are really honest with ourselves, are nervous about investing because we are afraid of losing money. In most things in life, women are more risk-averse than men, and investing is no exception. It causes them to compound the already well-known…
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