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Top 5 Best Ways to Start Investing For Developers

Ilona Codes on July 26, 2020

Having money in the bank that is just giving you zero profit and killing your capital instead of making more money is not going to help you achieve...
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Matt Curcio

I have to disagree with you on several fronts.

  1. Commodities (food or even gold) and individual stocks are not what most financial advisors will currently recommend.
  2. It is advantageous to buy low load (low fee) market funds. For example, Vanguard.
  3. Using a Robin hood and Etrade can be very risky. Be careful. Invest wisely.
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Ilona Codes

Fair enough ๐Ÿ™‚

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Max Ong Zong Bao • Edited

I think the best investment is always yourself. To learn about improving your financial intelligence, financial history, financial terms & manage your risk from losing money.

While doing your own due diligence in the type of investment, you put your money in the chosen vehicle or system.

Just do not be average and do note recommendations by financial consultants or advisors. Are subjected to your financial intelligence. Which you pay them directly through the commissions they make through a sale or indirectly from the funds that is managed by the company they are representing for.

If you are good in your financial intelligence. The questions you ask about them will be different for a common investor. Because you spend the time to learn about it. Which you can choose to accept their advice or against it.

Ultimately you are the biggest liability in any given investment. Without doing your own home work in learning, managing your risk or due diligence you are setting up yourself for failure.

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๐Ÿšฉ Atul Prajapati ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ

I have also invested my Extra money in diversified mutual funds ๐Ÿ’ธ๐Ÿ’ฐ which is in action now ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐ŸŒด๐Ÿ’ธ

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Ilona Codes

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Wilfred

I loved this statement: "Money doesnโ€™t change people. It just gives them the freedom to become more of a person they already are."

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Ilona Codes

Exactly! In my opinion, if the person has rather more positive qualities, then those come out along with money. Similarly, the more negative ones, those then come out.

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Matthieu Cneude

That's interesting. Money bring power and reach, and sometimes what you think good as bad consequences. I think it's a bit more complicated than "good" and "bad".

To stay in the subject: good article! I loved the part of "investing in yourself". This is a really important point.

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Ilona Codes

Thanks a lot for your feedback! I am happy you liked it ๐Ÿ™‚

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OwenHemmings • Edited

Education alone will not get you rich. But it can help you build wealth. Investing for the long term can be deceptive. Itโ€™s not about getting more; itโ€™s about setting goals and working towards them by educating yourself, your team and by watching how other people build wealth. You need enormous financial contributions from others outside yourself. Yet, you need to learn how to think like they do - trusting their instincts more than yours. I can recommend studying this article wealthtender.com/insights/money-ma.... A financial coach can know in you all these investor instincts.

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spiritupbro

wow please keep on posting like these before you create a post about say no to anything now this it really is beautiful post

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Ilona Codes

Thank you so much for your words! ๐Ÿ™Œ

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Mirkan

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