Tips on a young investor?

If you'd call me that.

alright this is gunna be long. Anybody who complains about that stuff. Just leave now cuz I don't want any of those dumb comments.


Okay here it goes.

I was the normal kid, buying stuff like games and food and all that. hanging out with my friends, comparing stuff we got. (mostly new Xbox360 games) lol. Anyways then my gramps shows me this book. It's called Rich Dad Poor Dad. Now that book changed my whole perspective. I mean it really made me think. Next, he gave me that book Who Moved My Cheese. That also was pretty good. Then we started talking about investing. For example I goto Investopedia.org for fantasy investing. I learned more vocab about monetary terms by talking to him. Now I've played this game Real Estate Empire, and it also showed me some stuff about Real Estate. The author of Rich Dad Poor Dad also mentioned it quite a few times. It's more complicated, but does interest me. I also know that there's some issues with the market because of Sub

Prime Mortgage Rates and what not. All this stuff is really interesting. It also amazes me how little we learn in school (I'm 16 btw). about the subject. I mean honestly. After everything I've learned, it really seems to me, like school is just preparing the middle class to get middle class jobs. And not so much preparing them with knowledge of money. I mean I knew nothing about this from school. It really seems like they're just making us America's labor force. For low paying, and middle paying jobs. I don't wanna be one of those guys, I wanna achieve financial freedom. Know here's my question.

1 ). Why do schools not teach anything about this kind of information. Which is really invaluable.

2 ). Is college a good idea for an investor.

3). What's a good way to make a good start. I forget the term, it's your money you saved up to start investing.

4). What's a good amount to start with.

5) Is investing in Stocks a good choice to start investing in.

6). Any further advice. Thank u.

When i was in high school, i had a class (1970???) that talked about how in the future (now) we were going to use one card and we would be able to use that one card to buy items(debit card??) sometimes your elders can give you good advise, but sometimes taking a chance at a young age won't hurt. Even if you invest a small amount, you have at least 20years before you even understand what life has brought you. Before you know it life will catch up to you and you'll see how some small investment became a big investment. I didn't know what i was doing and someone helped me select a company and after 30 years, I have money coming to me and I'm close to retirement, so it has worked out for me.
You are young enough to trust your elders.............
go for it

1.) Schools do teach about investing, it just depends on what courses you take. It also depends on what grades you are in.
I'm sorry, I've basically forgotten the rest of your questions. It depends on how old you are when you plan to start. It's hard to get a good financial backing or many opportunities when you are young.