I am new to the investing world. I have always known that it is a good idea, but have also always been quite oblivious as to how to get into such things. I was raised in a family that lived paycheck to paycheck and we never had any money left over to do any sort of investing. So, I was never taught about the stock market or that kind of thing.

When I was in college, I took a few commerce classes to learn about investing. That is where I learned about stock picks and how to make good choices. I started following it a little bit, but living on student loans, I had no money leftover, with which to invest. I knew that I would one day, but it was just not feasible at the time.

Throughout the remainder of college, I continued to follow to ups and downs of the stock market, pretending that I did actually have purchases of my own. Now that I am finished with college and am working at a real paying job, I have slowly started investing a little bit of money. I am happy with my choices so far, and I accredit it to following the market for so long. So, although I am new to investing, I am not new to knowing what is going on.