Dr. Boyce Watkins on why AAs tend to avoid the stock market

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Stocks are not for the broke. It's like a video game for the super rich.

If you're waiting on 10-15 years you are gambling on something you cannot control which is time/mortality.

I'd much rather invest my money in inventory and flip it now at a much higher rate in my ecommerce stores. But that's just me.

Well if you listened to what he said, he used maybe $10 $20 or $50 a month and put it into a mutual funds account.

He said a misconception about the stock market is that you have to have a lot of money to gain from it.

I know a couple people who have made some money by investing relatively low amounts of money.
 

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Damn, what would you do different next time? What advice would you give to a young breh trynna get started in this stock game?



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What advice would you give? Any bumps in your road or was it smooth all the way through?
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- Don't invest heavily in volatile stocks/companies with low market caps. They're highly manipulated by hedge funds and HFT.

- Don't listen to others without doing your own research/due diligence.

- Only invest expendable savings, not money you plan on using on a house down payment.

- I'd wait until after this election to invest. Gotta see how the stock market reacts to a new president and new congress.
 

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Talk to the bankers at your bank. Some mutual funds are INCREDIBLY low risk and will make more money than your savings account will.

Invest in a ROTH IRA if you have money to put away for a while

Look into starting a business (even small).

Make your money work for you breh! You earned it :salute:
One thing to be aware of on mutual funds is that most of the funds will have minimum investment amounts and management fees. For that reason I like investing in ETF's. Also, if you can, put your money into a traditional IRA as well as a Roth. The amount you put into a traditional is tax deductible up to $5,500.
 

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- Don't invest heavily in volatile stocks/companies with low market caps. They're highly manipulated by hedge funds and HFT.

- Don't listen to others without doing your own research/due diligence.

- Only invest expendable savings, not money you plan on using on a house down payment.

- I'd wait until after this election to invest. Gotta see how the stock market reacts to a new president and new congress.

True true, I'll focus this summer-november (& January 20th) to increase my savings & doing more research in investment practices.

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