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i really want to get into investment, but i dont know how to start off. any advice.

Investing is probably one of the most hyped industries in existence. Everybody will tell you that you should invest with them because they're the best, but obviously not everyone can be the best, can they?
However, if you search across blogs, free financial advisers, and even other similar questions on this site, you will find a very consistent answer (from anyone who is not trying to get your money): invest in an index fund and leave it alone.
An index fund is just like owning a little piece of the entire market. This way you put one egg in each basket instead of all your eggs in one basket, so your risk is very low.
All of the financial gurus constantly search and trade, trying to get a better return than the overall market. The joke is, they're taking risks with your money and charging you to do it. Most mutual funds have a 1-2% charge per year on your account just being in them. By contrast, good index funds charge between 0.2-0.4% because they're not fiddling with things all the time and buying into the latest hype.
If you're certain that your mutual fund can beat the overall market by More than 0.6-1.8%, Every year, than by all means invest in something besides and index fund.
This also saves you the trouble of trying to chase after the newest and hottest mutual funds because the index is always just the index. People who jump between funds frequently have been shown to do much worse in the long-run.
One final piece of advice: make your first investments in an IRA, or if your income is relatively low, a ROTH IRA. This is special account that lets you grow money tax-free. You can put up to $4000 in this year and $5000 next year.

Work, work, work, SAVE, SAVE, SAVE, SAVE, SAVE lol
it depends on how much you have to invest and how Aggressive you want to be. I recommend talking to the pros.

you can do courses or read books about investing. so if you have the money but don't know where to invest in, you must invest in education first.

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