Investing for Beginners; The Essential Guide
We’re always told to invest — but we’re rarely shown how. This guide will take you through exactly what you need to know to start investing.
The past three years of my life have revolved around finance. It’s become so integrated into my every-day that it was only after a conversation I had with a non-finance related friend (I’ve three total) did I realise what I consider to be assumed knowledge, might as well be a foreign language to others.
To summarise what went down, she told me she was considering investing now that she had started working full-time. Me, thinking I was being a helpful friend, started to suggest some strategies which I thought would suit her, until she stopped me — “Wait, can we backtrack for a minute? What’s a portfolio?”
It was those three words, ‘what’s a portfolio’, that have inspired me to write this guide. Nobody’s born knowing how to invest — it's not some skill we magically acquire when we start earning. It can be a complicated and difficult concept to fully grasp, especially when there’s so much information out there — it’s easy to become completely overwhelmed by it.
So, I have compiled all of the information that is essential for anyone looking to start investing…
