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A Beginner's Investing Journey

I've been investing in my Roth Ira for roughly three years, but I've just started my brokerage account this year in April. By all means I am still a beginner. This article will contain how I became interested in investing and will delve into why I chose to invest the way I do. As a beginner, I hope to not only engage others just getting started, but more experienced investors as well. After I left my past job roughly three/four years ago, I was left with a small amount of money in a Roth 401k that rolled over into a personal IRA. At this point in time, I knew absolutely nothing about investing. I never had any interest in the market, any interest in stocks, and to be honest learning the tickers for all the companies seemed overwhelming. But, there I was, with a sum of roughly $5,300 sitting in an account doing absolutely nothing. I learned very quickly that I wanted to roll that over into a Roth IRA, if nothing else than to just deny the taxman from taking any more of m