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Investing Tips for College Students?
GenKreton asks: "I am a rising junior in college and decided to take out loans to cover all my costs so I could graduate with money in the bank. My tuition bill is minimal as I have a nearly full ride, but living is always expensive. With that said, I feel like my thousands sitting in the bank could be doing work for me instead of collecting dust till the day I graduate. I have been researching how I could best invest my money so I have immediate access to it if needed, but still do better than a mere savings account. There seems to be a lot of mixed advice and some obvious scams out there. So I ask Slashdot, what is the best plan for a college student to do with his money?"
No. The stock market performs around 10% on a rolling average of several decades...In the short term your returns can be anything from 300% to losing all of your money. Even a diversified fund in low risks stocks can lose you money rather quickly. For example a close friend currently has several hundred thousand dollars in a spread fund and last month was upto 22% return but this month is all the way down to 6% return on his rolling average. This is not the sort of worry a uni student really needs...Secure low risk returns are always good and I do agree with you about real estate - well chosen investments there always return good rewards.
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