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Chris Adams
  • Contractor
  • Valparaiso , IN
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Investment strategy for 19 yo

Chris Adams
  • Contractor
  • Valparaiso , IN
Posted May 5 2014, 04:17

My 19 year old nephew has moved in with us and I am trying to teach him about investing. To start with we are trying to teach him investment discipline, putting away 10% of his weekly earning into some kind of savings plan before he spends any of the earnings.

I have showed him how REI works, and we did a few examples of how purchasing a duplex as his 1st home can lower his cost of living dramatically.

I have also showed him how to create a monthly budget and track his expenses in order to help him understand where his money is going.

But in the short term what kind of investments should I be showing him to help build his nest egg towards the purchase of his first property.

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