lightyear
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Hey guys obviously there are many places better suited for these questions but besides investment forums etc. I'd love to get some answers from people who might/not work in the industry but who might be involved with investing as a hobby.
So basically I'm going to be finishing my undergrad for a couple more years and after that probably something like JD/MBA. I'm currently thinking about getting into the stocks game more as an exercise then anything serious. I'm doing honors poli sci/econ minor and enjoy reading business/econ books on the side but deff. do not have a math background.
So the problem I have with reading on stocks is totally conflicting info. On one side you read all kinds of stories of bus drivers who started reading on stocks and in a number of years ended up doing pretty well, on the other the premise is basically that stocks is a game for 40+ Econometrics grads whom it makes no sense to compete with. Some say stocks is more random then a casino (except there is no house) and others cite that hedge funds often underperform the general market..
Basic question is, @ age 19 is it worth spending a few years getting the basics down if you are not going into full time investing?
So basically I'm going to be finishing my undergrad for a couple more years and after that probably something like JD/MBA. I'm currently thinking about getting into the stocks game more as an exercise then anything serious. I'm doing honors poli sci/econ minor and enjoy reading business/econ books on the side but deff. do not have a math background.
So the problem I have with reading on stocks is totally conflicting info. On one side you read all kinds of stories of bus drivers who started reading on stocks and in a number of years ended up doing pretty well, on the other the premise is basically that stocks is a game for 40+ Econometrics grads whom it makes no sense to compete with. Some say stocks is more random then a casino (except there is no house) and others cite that hedge funds often underperform the general market..
Basic question is, @ age 19 is it worth spending a few years getting the basics down if you are not going into full time investing?