What to invest today? Many people ask themselves this question, looking for investment ideas to use money in a profitable and safe way.
My Business is a blog that addresses the issue from several points of view: both from the point of view of business ideas and from a financial point of view. On these pages I try to have my say, evaluating all the best investments that can be made by savers who want to protect their assets or want them to grow.
Over the last few years I have written thousands of articles that you find in the investment section and I have created a course with my method to invest already purchased by hundreds of readers.
If you have a nest egg aside and you are wondering how and where to invest it, you are in the right place because in the course of the following article you will find a series of useful references to manage your finances.
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Let’s now go into the article: we see 5 investment ideas and an endless series of free insights for your financial growth.
Table of Contents
1. First of all … define your goals
I know you are approaching investments immediately thinking about products. If you allow me some advice, I think this approach is very dangerous for you because the individual products are only tools to achieve your goals and not the ultimate goal of your investment.
In recent years I have written thousands of articles on investment ideas and I have made hundreds of hours of videos and podcasts on the subject: I thought of preparing a short quiz with which you can find out which content is most useful for you based on your preferences.
I advise you to do so so that I can guide you to the resources most suitable for you.
2. Are bank and post still good for saving protection?
The traditional way of deposit accounts or savings books is currently the least profitable. The rates, now, are at historic lows due to the ECB’s maneuvers and not always the credit institutes, with rare exceptions, have been able to adapt to these changes which, for years, have characterized the accounts and deposits market.
3. Social Trading: Inspired by the Best
When it comes to online trading, you have to be very careful: you know very well that, in all likelihood, you are looking for solutions that keep you safe from extreme risks.
If, however, you have an interest in this sector, I suggest you start with social trading.
What is the peculiarity? While traditional trading platforms require that you operate – and you should do it only after having thoroughly studied at least the basic topics – with social trading you can do nothing more than analyze the strategy of others in order to be able to process yours.
Among the best platforms, I point out Toro: by registering for free, you have the opportunity to analyze the performance of all professional traders by filtering them for average profit over the last two years and for the degree of risk of their operations.
For example, you can study the strategy of those who have obtained 25% in the last year or those who have chosen to take few risks to bring home a secure profit. In doing so, professional traders help those without experience, without exposing themselves to the risk of losing everything in a short time.
- To try this solution, all you have to do is:
- Open an eToro Account for free;
- Choose among the top traders (known as Popular Investors) the one most suited to your expectations;
- Allocate a portion of your budget to the strategy most suited to your needs.
The perspective we show you is win-win. If you want to assign a small amount of your money to trading, eToro is certainly one of the less risky solutions for those who have no experience in the sector.
4. Investments in real estate
If you are a shrewd saver and you have a bit of money aside, it can be smart to evaluate all the prospects that open up in this phase and, among these, certainly include real estate investments.
Real estate investment, for those who have enough money, can be interesting given the fall in prices and the growth prospects enjoyed by the sector for the future based on the cycles: according to analysts, in 2019 apartment prices they will touch the minimum before starting to climb. Invest in income properties to start your business
Would you like to receive monthly rents from your properties? If you want to invest in real estate successfully you need:
- Free time: it is an activity in all respects, one cannot improvise;
- Training: in a mature and complex market like the current one, it is unthinkable to act without a strategy and without the right knowledge of the subject.
5. Choose a Valid Investing Platform
In addition to choosing the market, it is important that you know which platform to use for your investments.
This is because a large part of the services, in recent years, have grown considerably and, alongside access to the markets, have training tools or practical support for your activities.
In addition to the social trading that I told you about, for example, there are sites that provide you with free trading signals, reduced commissions compared to the average or internal academies that help you in your training with webinars and material to be studied.
