New Year, New Resolutions: 5 Simple Ways to Start Investing

So you're vowing to start investing in 2021? That's wonderful -- and something that most of us need to be doing, since generous retirement pensions are becoming a thing of the past.

The simplest way to start investing is to open a brokerage account at a good brokerage, send in some money, and then invest with it -- perhaps in a traditional or Roth IRA. (You might also start via a 401(k) account at your company.) But it's really not quite as simple as that. Here are five things to do that can have you investing effectively -- and quickly.

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