By most measures, I started my investment journey relatively early, at the age of 24. (Let’s not talk about ILPs…urgh!)
And that was a year before I graduated from university. But seriously, I always thought it wasn’t early enough, considering how much I had read up on the topic of personal finance and investing since I was like 16? (And obviously, just missing out on the post-2009 run up. )
But recently, investing early seemed to have lost a little bit of its sheen, as several financial bloggers in our local community have come out chastising some “very young” investors who had “neglected” their studies. Less time to study as most of them are working part-time to build up their capital for investing.
Even though he criticism appears rather warranted, my view is that since these young investors cannot see the value of their current education, they are going ......