Here's how you can get started investing with as little as $1. (via CNBCMakeIt)
or aim for over $1 million by retirement. But you don't need a ton of money to buy into the stock market. In some cases, you can get started with as little as $1.
"This is a start in the right direction," Ryan J. Marshall, a New Jersey-based certified financial planner, tellsIf that sounds enticing, here's what to keep in mind.It's certainly positive that investing is getting cheaper on the whole for the average investor. But if you're a novice, you're going to want to stick tolike the S&P 500, rather than picking and choosing individual companies to invest in.
"In today's environment, most people are running around worried about their careers, their family, what time soccer practice is on Tuesday and simply don't have the time to monitor and research individual stocks," says Marshall. "Either leave it up to mutual funds managers to make those calls or own the market in an index fund. Both provide great diversification and lower entries costs.
"The individual investor is better suited by investing in mutual funds and exchange-traded funds," Greg McBride, chief financial analyst at Bankrate,
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