Invest (fund, margin, market, companies)

[jov8]

What is the best investment for beginners?

[mathjak107]

An education on investing

[bmw335xi]

A market fund like SPY (S&P 500).

[FIRE42]

Both answers so far are spot on!

IMHO, the best investment is in yourself through education and maxing out your retirement accounts.

William O'Neil and Peter Lynch have excellent books. After this foundation, there are more great books out there based on your preferred style of investing.

I also recommend studying charts for companies like AAPL, MSFT, GOOGL, AMZN, etc. Choose the "max" # of years on a monthly timeframe to see how these amazing companies have performed. Then study the best performing ETFs over the past 10+ years as most of your money should go into these choices.

When it comes to fundamentals, don't worry too much about all of the financial ratios at first. Some are important but keep it simple by focusing on revenue growth, gross margin, and profit.

[rational1]

Originally Posted by bmw335xi

A market fund like SPY (S&P 500).

Or a target-date fund. Watch yer total expenses also.

[T Block]

Invest in what the investor is interested-in

or

Invest in what the investor understands .

[GWoodle]

Originally Posted by jov8

What is the best investment for beginners?

An education in investing. So many websites to explore. Find one that educates you. Have patience to get rich slowly.

[FREE866]

Originally Posted by rational1

Or a target-date fund. Watch yer total expenses also.

Target funds are basically a fund of funds and each fund has expenses. Not cost effective.



To the OP read a book for starters.


The Psychology of Money by Morgan Hounsel or Debunkery by Ken Fisher are good.


Or you could not read anything , put your money in to an S and P 500 ETF like SPY hold and add to it for decades and do better than 90% of the investors out there.

[1200RT]

I'd say it depends on how much, what the goals are, and what your risk tolerances are with the money.