Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Simple Step-by-Step Guide for Making Your First Investment
Fri, 03 Jan 2025
Nicole's DMs are open for questions, and the #1 question she gets isn't what to invest in... but how to invest. Today, she takes you through making your first investment, step-by-step, and leaves no stone unturned. If you’re looking for a simple, yet sophisticated investing experience, go to Public.com/moneyrehab
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Hey, it's Morgan, the executive producer of the show, and happy new year, everyone. As we look back on 2024, we are going to share some of our favorite episodes from the year. Today, you're going to hear the biggest deep dive Nicole has ever done on how to invest in the market. Enjoy.
My DMs are always open for questions, as I hope you know. And probably the most common question I get isn't what to invest in, but how to invest. So I'm going to walk you through step by step how to make your first investment. And I'm going to be thorough here.
So if you need a cheat sheet when it comes time to make your first investment, I'm also going to include a doc in the show notes that summarizes all of this good info. So let's start at square one. In order to invest, you're going to need a brokerage account. A brokerage is essentially a middleman or middlewoman institution between you and the stock market.
When you want to buy or sell stocks, you can't just walk into the New York Stock Exchange and shout your order like in the old days.
you can't invest through your bank account either and you definitely cannot invest in apple stock at the apple store a brokerage is really the only way to get this done and a brokerage can be a firm or an online platform for the most part if you're over 18 and live in the united states you can open a us-based brokerage account if you're under 18 you'll need a custodial account which is a brokerage account opened by a parent or a guardian
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