?Have your money working for you.? I have heard this phrase used before to stress the power and importance of investing. The idea of having my money make money, instead of myself having to make money, is definitely something that appeals to me and is why I recently attended the Introduction to Investing workshop.
Presented by DePaul Alum Warren Arnold, the Introduction to Investing workshop covered topics such as investing basics for stocks, bonds and cash/cash equivalents. Key terms and ideas, suggested readings, different types of investments available and suggested investment approaches were all part of this incredibly informing presentation. One aspect of the presentation that Warren really stressed was the importance of diversifying your investment portfolio, which is when you get a variety of different types of investments instead of putting all your eggs in one basket. Warren explained that diversification is so important because it allows you to maintain a respectable percentage of return on your investment at a relatively low amount of risk.
This workshop also served as a motivational tool for me to invest after seeing examples of how powerful investing at an early age (23) can be. Instead of having all of my money sit in a savings account making almost no interest, I now plan to make several investments (stocks/bond/mutual funds) diversifying my portfolio.
If investing sounds like something you might be interested in, make sure to check out the Introduction to Investing workshop Tuesday, November 1st at 5:30-7:00pm in SAC 151!
Make sure to check out the other Financial Fitness workshops as well.
Source: http://mytwocentsdepaul.com/have-your-money-working-for-you-intro-to-inve
matt barnes cj wilson s.978 chris carpenter chris carpenter larry ellison go ask alice
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