Can you offer investment advice? I'm debt-free, about to start earning $2k more per month than I need to survive. Please offer any suggestions for optimal investment method(s).
Can you offer investment advice? I'm debt-free, about to start earning $2k more per month than I need to survive. Please offer any suggestions for optimal investment method(s).
48 years old, currently have no investments. My net worth is my car and the clothes on my back, and I don't ever want to be in this situation again.
(Edit: I don't need to buy a house or anything whatsoever related to a house, so please don't mention the "h" word in your response, it's triggering me for tangential reasons. Let me be clear, I will NEVER care about real estate whatsoever, mmmkay? Just trust me when I say I have a roof over my head and it's completely paid off, no property taxes, and No, I will never sell it, so the whole h-word" aspect of life is not a concern for me, k?)
Just looking for guidance where to invest this relatively small amount of money every month so in a few years when I'm older & frailer I'll have enough for retirement. I don't want it to just sit in my bank account, I want it to grow.
For reference, I've been living on approx $1500 per month for as long as I've noticed, so I don't need much per month, and the sooner I die, the less retirement fund I'll need, but we can never predict when anyone's death will happen, so let's assume I'll live to 100 because I'm ridiculously healthy & an exceptionally good driver, never been in an accident, one speeding ticket in my entire life, no social life so I never get into risky situations, so let's just plan for the possibility I'm going to live another 50 years.
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Put that first $2k into an IRA before the end of the year.
Got it. Will do. This is the kind of advice I'm looking for because I don't understand anything about investing, all I know investing is the only way to get ahead in life. Roth IRA. Got it.
If you have a choice on what stonks you invest in: pick an index fund. Don't go for single stocks.
Index fund. Got it.
The max per year you can put in is $2k. Get the whole $2k in there right now.
In January, put the next $2k in.Generic "assume everyone on the Internet is from my country." US Roth IRA contribution limits for 2023 is $6.5k, going up to $7k next year. If different country, disregard.
Aye! Thank you. Yes USA. 7,000 maximum Roth IRA annual contribution. Got it.
You can actually put money into the 2023 IRA until you file taxes, not the end of the year, if that changes anything for OP