Comments on: New Book (and Giveaway): “Broke Millennial Takes on Investing” by Erin Lowry

By: dan

dan — Fri, 19 Apr 2019 04:40:46 +0000

In reply to J. Money. it's totally worth! :I

By: J. Money

J. Money — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 11:44:16 +0000

**** Giveaway now over! **** Big congrats to Stephanie C. and Chase for winning free copies of the book!! Thanks for participating, everybody... We'll be doing another giveaway in the future, I'm sure :)

By: Kate

Kate — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 00:46:22 +0000

Not starting to invest in my work 403b early enough. I was investing in in a taxable account and was reluctant to give up the extra flexibility of doing so. But once I started maxing out the 403b and saw that I was facing significant tax savings…I was a convert.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Sun, 14 Apr 2019 15:23:33 +0000

My biggest failure in investing so far has been jumping into the cryptocurrency hype when that space was blowing up. I actually made two mistakes, investing without truly understanding and then not pulling out when the crypto world was at its height! Now my investments are in the negative but I’m still holding on, bc my stubborn self thinks it will make a comeback ;) we shall see. All my subsequent investments have been in more stable vehicles, 401k, Roth, and 529 plan.

By: Adel

Adel — Sun, 14 Apr 2019 03:53:39 +0000

My biggest fail was investing in Bitcoins when they were at top price $19000. My friend kept telling me that he is reading a lot of blogs that say that it will continue to grow to $72000, so I got greedy and decided to invest in it. I didn’t learn from my mistake and invested some more when prices when down on Lite coin. Now my investment is work 25% of the actual amount that I invested. So I decided to leave that money there and see what’s going to happen over months/years.

By: Claudia Scott

Claudia Scott — Fri, 12 Apr 2019 23:03:34 +0000

My biggest money fail is not being aggressive about paying off debt. I always assumed it was just part of life. Once I started the debt snowball and focused I knocked it out fast. Wish I hadn’t waited so long to send extra payments. Ya live amd ya learn.

By: J. Money

J. Money — Fri, 12 Apr 2019 17:54:15 +0000

In reply to TC. It is a lot more fun though :)

By: TC

TC — Fri, 12 Apr 2019 16:24:45 +0000

My biggest fail was investing in companies only because I knew the names or used the products, instead of doing actual research on the fundamentals … bad idea!

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 12 Apr 2019 14:32:44 +0000

My biggest fail? Not starting until age 32. HOWEVER, I’m putting a larger percentage away, so I feel like I’m making up for it :)

By: J. Money

J. Money — Fri, 12 Apr 2019 10:12:20 +0000

In reply to Nacho n. Just tell me you didn't then double down on Blockbuster??! :)