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What Most 20-Somethings Don’t Get About Investing
By Seedly  •  November 17, 2019

When I was 25 and fresh out of uni with zero savings, I assumed that the best way to reach $100,000 in savings before turning 30 was learning how to be a great investor.

I voraciously consumed books and sites about investing, spent weeks on end monitoring the stock market and stressing out when my investments started to lose money.

Turns out, I was an idiot – this is what I wished I knew then.

If your capital is small, the money you make from investments will also be small.

If all you have $2,000, then investments aren’t going to do much for you. Even if you manage to get a super impressive 20% from high-risk investments a year, that only adds up to … $500.

Me with $2,000 in 2014 vs me with $20,000 in 2015

Instead of obsessing over the complicated stock market trying to figure out how

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By Seedly
Launched in 2016, Seedly helps users make smarter financial decisions with its budgeting app which allows its 40,000 users to sync up their financial accounts and better manage their cash-flow. Last year, we introduced a new community feature which allows users to crowdsource knowledge from peers before making a financial decision.
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