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9. DIY Approach
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Class Introduction
06:09 2Compound Interest in Action
02:47 3Time
02:55 4Inflation
01:10 5Setting Financial Goals
10:00 6Must Know Terms
20:00 7Fees
09:42 8Quick History of Stock Market
13:54Lesson Info
DIY Approach
But how active even put money in the market in the first place. One of the big things you need to do is decide who you're gonna go with, what brokerage or broker or financial advisor you're going to use. And Kelly Lannon, whose directorate Fidelity, said to me that she likes to think about it like vetting a dating partner. This is somebody you could be working with through your entire life. You want this to be a really strong relationship, so you should date around a little bit. See who's the best feel before you make a decision about where you're gonna put your money. So I explained earlier, some the things I like to do is test customer service. I like to read reviews. I like to ask people what their experiences have been and also make sure that you're looking at cost and fees. That's a really important part of it, so there's a few different approaches. One is the do it yourself approach. You can use what gets referred to as a discount brokerage. I absolutely hate this term because it...
sounds super sketchy, but it's a perfectly legitimate option, and this is what most do it yourself people use. It's a very much a lower barrier to entry in order to get into the market because of using one of those full service firms a lot of times. That's the more classic example of working with investing experts in the sense of maybe you need half a $1,000,000. Maybe you need a $1,000,000 in order to get them to pay attention to you at some of the bigger full service firms. Discount brokers do it yourself. You don't need that kind of money to get in the game. However, Sometimes the funds do have what's known as a minimum initial investment. So going back to the question that was asked earlier, how much money do we need to get started? Well, if you go to a discount brokerage and your do it yourself, sometimes it'll say All right. If you want to invest in the S and P 500 you need $3000 in orderto open this fund. We don't always have $3000 at our disposal to put into the market, so maybe that particular fund is not right now. The best fit for you, which also can come into play about where you do your business, At least in the beginning. There are some brokerages that have no minimum funds, so you don't need anything. It's $0 in order to open an account. I also know that those minimum initial investments are just in the beginning. Afterwards, you can put $10 a month 100 whatever you want to do into it. It's just in orderto open the account in the first place. Examples again, not endorsements. Just giving you names because I think that that's helpful. Vanguard, Fidelity, Charles Schwab, TD Ameritrade, T. Rowe Price and Ally Investor all places that you can be a do it yourself investor. Also not all of them. Those are just some of the examples. Another one is a robo advisor, So I actually interviewed somebody from betterment for the book, and he doesn't like the term robo advisor. He thinks it's a little misleading for a couple of reasons. One. Sometimes people think there's a magical algorithm that's doing all the work and that can beat the market, not what's happening with a robo advisor. There is an algorithm involved, but people are all involved throughout the process. He likes the idea of online financial advisor. He thinks it makes a little bit more sense for the service that they're providing they really are strongly marketed towards. Millennials is a digital solution for getting into the investing game. The other thing, too, is that it helps walk you through this process of asset allocation, time horizon, risk, tolerance. And they do this usually in the beginning. But having you answer a questionnaire and your answers, then help determine how you are going to be investing in what kind of investment you're going to be putting your money. Whether the different asset classes, you're gonna answer questions about what your goals are, and that's gonna help determine time horizon. It can be really helpful for a young investor. There's a little bit more hand holding when you have a robo advisor, but in exchange for that, you're gonna pay a higher fee. So it's just really important again, this idea of value. There's no issue with paying a higher feet. You just want to make sure that you're really getting value for it. So some of the things that they also offer their usually doing that re balancing four years. The question that we answered earlier about Well, how do you know if your portfolio is gone out of whack? Will they help handle that for you? They also do something called tax loss harvesting, which again, I'm not going to try to get into it and explain what that means. But basically, let's just say there helping make sure you pay the least amount in taxes that you legally have Teoh on your investments. Some examples of robo advisers include betterment, swell personal capital, Wealthfront, wealth, Simple and L. A vest. Is there an app for that? It's usually a question we like to ask ourselves. And when it comes to investing, Yes, of course there is. They get referred to as micro investing APs because usually this is the lowest barrier to entry. When it comes to investing, you can usually get started with just a couple of dollars, and they charge you often a dollar $2.3 dollars a month, not about you guys. I live in New York City. I cannot even do a load of laundry for a dollar, so that sounds like a really good deal. Just paying a dollar to get into the investing game. Problem is, a dollar as a monthly fee will actually eat up a lot of your returns. If you're not careful because of your Onley investing a handful of dollars a month $12 over the course of the year might eat up all of your returns. So the rule of thumb that I really do like to use is if you're going to start investing using a micro investing app, put at least 25 probably even $50 a month into these APS. To really make sure you're getting value for the see that you're paying again, not saying the fee is bad. These companies do also need to make money. I am saying that it sounds so low that it almost sounds like, Yeah, I can just put five bucks a month in there and I'll be making some money. You have to do the math on those two examples of micro investing. APS include Acorn Stash and Robin Hood. There are certainly others, but those are three of the biggies
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