23 is the best age to start investing
Written on February 20, 2009 – 9:40 pm | by David Windell
I’ve been starting to read about and really get into investing recently and found it quite encouraging and rather ironic to find this article on the Motley Fool website, especially considering I’m 23!
http://www.fool.co.uk/press-releases/2009/02/12/23-is-the-best-age-to-start-investing.aspx
According to this similar article a 23 year old investor who puts £100 a month into shares could build a retirement pot that is worth over £500,00 by the age of 65 - nice.
I’m hoping to get some time soon to write a full length blog about the techniques I’ll be using to start building my portfolio and the reasons behind it, watch this space ;)!
11pm - Update, I’ve just ordered the following books from Amazon:
- The Motley Fool UK Investment Guide
- Investing for Dummies: UK Edition
- The Naked Trader
- A Girl’s Best Friend is Her Money: The Motley Fool Women’s Investment Guide