4 Investing Tips From Someone Who Was Once Afraid to Invest

These days, investing is something I do regularly. I like to joke that when friends and I talk about going shopping, they're referring to clothing and shoes while I'm referring to stocks.

But that wasn't always my attitude. In my 20s, I largely stayed away from stocks, because frankly, they scared me. I saw the way my IRA balance would flip-flop from month to month, and it was unsettling, so I was nervous to open a brokerage account and invest my nonretirement money.

But after a while, I realized that hoarding cash in a savings account and CDs wasn't going to cut it if I wanted to grow my money in a meaningful way. And so I finally decided to bite the bullet, buy some stocks, and hope for the best.

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