You’re living a life of relative frugality and you’re keen on achieving financial independence. Now you’re ready to start investing. But you’re not sure where to start.
You’ve heard that fees can devour your gains and that a low-cost, fee-only fiduciary financial advisor can be hard to find. You decide to do it yourself (DIY).
A good basic personal finance book is organized into a cohesive package of well-written & professionally edited chapters designed to teach you what you need to know & understand to be comfortable managing your money.
Once you have some baseline knowledge from reading a book or two, refine that knowledge with a little browsing. Read some articles and blog posts. Read the forums.
It’s hard to figure out how to get somewhere if you don’t know where you are starting from. Look up your balances and add them up. Add home equity if you’ve got any.
Harnessing the power of the internet in a different way, take a quiz to determine how comfortable you are in taking calculated risks with your investment portfolio.