> How much money should I spend in the stock market ?

How much money should I spend in the stock market ?

Posted at: 2014-12-05 
At 17, part time, making min wage the amount you should be putting into the stock market is $0. Put your money into a savings account. Down the road when you're making more money and have a couple thousand dollars saved up, then you can start thinking about investing in the stock market. But right now, you're not making enough money for it to be worth your while.

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You shouldn't!

OK, call me old-fashioned but the consenus opinion is that you should only think of stockmarket investment when you have taken care of more pressing demands on your funds. That is education, employment, marriage (?), children, holidays, housing, pension.

Otherwise spend as much as you can afford to lose. Better than gambling, drugs or alcohol, I suppose.

I am 17 years old and I have a job but I want to invest in stocks. But my problem is that I only work minimum wage and my paycheck is usually about 150 $ every two weeks. I guess my question is how much money should I use to buy stocks. Please give a detailed answers. Thanks!