Well if we are introducing ourselves I am 30 I do have a bachelors in economics and trade, but I think almost everything I learned has little to no use in the real world when it comes to earning money, wouldn't worry too much about education titles, I also don't consider smarter than anyone else, I often learn alot from more senior posters here, I just invest as a hobby to pass the time when I am bored of doing work.
If you are 19 and getting into the markets you are just a baby expect to lose, even if you get lucky I got very lucky in my first investment I didn't even look at the market cap, earnings nothing just read an article on the best stock tips for the coming year sounded good in it went got lucky made 600%, I though I was the next buffet I was calculating how many weeks till I made my first $10 mill, nope lost most of it quick smart.
My top piece of advise to you would be to buy mostly physical silver or gold, if you believe it will rise in value, unlike oil copper or lithium, silver and gold can be easily bought sold and stored.
At 19 you will live to see many boom and bust cycles, companies can have bad luck or bad management and poof they are gone, physical won't go bankrupt it can wait out any cycle, for the amount I have in SVL and AZS I have 5 times more physical.
GL don't listen too much to the youtube video's those guys are often way too bullish.
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