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This article is from the How to Start an
Investment Program tutorial, author unknown.
Planning A Personal Investment Program
Is Now The time To Begin?
Before you buy a single share of stock or invest in your first
mutual fund, there are several things you should consider. The first
and most obvious point to clarify is this: should you, at this point
in your life and at this stage of your career, be investing at all?
This may sound strange, but everyone who reads this is at a different
point in life's journey.
Maybe you are just out of school with a spouse and young
children. You've got this mountain of debt in school loans, and you
want to borrow money from the local bank to purchase a practice that
is for sale. Or maybe you have been out of school for a while,
beginning to make some decent money, but your credit cards are all
maxed out and Visa is taking their 18% off the top every month! Is
this time to start investing? I don't think so.
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