I am 19 and am moving out soon. I know the best financial move would be not to move out right now, but I am! My cost of rent + utilities is a fixed price that is almost exactly 1/4 of my monthly income. To me it feels reasonable to say another 2/4 is going to go to gas, internet, phone, food, miscellaneous needs, etc.
I am not in college and I have few hobbies that cost except one that requires me to drive a lot. I would like to try and use a lot of what's left for investing. I'm not sure if it might be better right now to just build up more savings, or look into ETFs which from what I'm seeing seems to be the safest approach stocks.
I would love to hear your thoughts regarding either of those options. I know next to nothing on how to build a portfolio of ETFs, so if someone had a reference or resource they want to share on how to properly create one I would love to check it out!
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