Investing for the Clueless Beginner
Investing is Fun In high school I had a finance class that had us play a stock market game. It was based on the real market and I did really well. In 3 months I had 5% growth. I love it when my money grows. In the real world, I didn't really know how I could start investing in these things. Enter Stash. Stash Stash is the easiest investment app I've found so far. Its clean and straight forward and allows you to invest in different mutual funds (mutual fund: a collection of stocks). Mutual funds are great because it allows you to diversify your portfolio (make sure all your eggs aren't in one basket). The stock market makes, on average, about 12% each year. That's 120x better than my savings account. Stash details Stash only allows investing in their mutual funds. If you want to get into the details and buy individual stocks, this isn't for you. My favorite mutual fund on there right now is called Blue Chips. It has been doing pretty well for me. Stash c