Investing 101 | Best tips for investing in Mutual funds/Stocks in your 20s for long term wealth

When you are in your 20s, saving and investing money are probably the last things on your mind. You’ve got your first job, and all you want to do is spend your salary on parties, gifts and dinners. But the secret to stability later in life is to start investing your money at an early age.

You may think that you’re not making enough to be investing a portion of your salary already, but these are the years in which you will make the most money by investing for the long term. After all, small drops are what make an ocean!

Here are some quick tips for choosing your investments:

1. Take advantage of your youth

When you’re young, the biggest advantage you have is the number of years you have left to grow your cash. Compound your money like never before by starting small now and watch your cash reserves widen in the future.

Think of it this way — investing just Rs.1000 a month from the age of 25 to 60 will give you around Rs.3.5 Crores while the same amount gets you Rs.58 Lakhs if you start investing it only by the age of 35. That’s just Rs.1000 a month, which is two drinks lesser with friends on a night out!

2. Save more and spend less

It may feel like you’re giving up on too many parties, dinners and gifts right now, but saving now when you have lesser demands than you will in the future (like your yearly foreign vacation or children’s college education!) is far easier.

This also means that at some point in the future, even if your income takes a hit, or you have to stop saving as much, you won’t lose this base fund you’ve already created.

3. Think Long Term while investing in your 20’s and 30’s

When you start to save and invest your money, don’t be eager to pull it out the second you see it making some progress. Re-invest this money in riskier ventures because they tend to have the largest pay-offs.

Your 20s are the best time for this strategy as you have a high-risk appetite that will probably wane as you get older. Also, you have time on your side to absorb and learn from your mistakes. But let’s avoid that situation completely, by choosing to plan your investments with FinPlay!

4. Be aggressive with more risk reward ratio

The greater the risk, the greater the reward. Take a more aggressive approach to your investments and manage your money more fiercely, after all these are the golden years for making investments! You can invest in direct equity or high growth mutual funds to earn more over the long term. Figure out avenues where you will get the most profit and invest big in them so you get larger rewards.

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