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This is the best investing advice I have ever heard
The Street
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5/8/2025
There's one piece of investing advice that can help your portfolio weather any storm.
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Hey there investors, I am Dan Klein, co-editor of The Street along with my friend Todd Campbell.
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I wanted to give the best piece of advice for investing that nobody ever gave me.
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Now, this isn't because my parents were not good parents, it's not because my teachers
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were not good teachers, it's because people didn't think that way.
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And the number one thing you should do as a parent is tell your kids to invest early.
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Frankly, make your kids invest early.
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So my son, when he got his first job working at a Wendy's, I made him take a percentage
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of his income every week and invested in the stock market.
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What did he buy?
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He bought companies he understood.
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He owned shares of Microsoft, he owned shares of Target, he owned shares of Starbucks, he
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probably owned shares of Walt Disney, I'm not sure.
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But it is things he understands, but more importantly it reinforces that habit.
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And if you put very small amounts of money into the market and then let it sit for 40
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years, the return on that is going to be exponential.
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So if you look at a 9% average return and you're buying blue chip, really safe companies,
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don't let your kid chase the latest fad.
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Have them buy the companies that are part of their everyday world.
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Your kid will get to 45, 50, 60 and be rich.
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More importantly, your kid will get to 30 and have the down payment to buy a house.
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So the hardest time to save is early on when you make the least money.
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But if you get them to save while they still live in your house, while they don't have any
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expenses, that gets that habit, gets it going.
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There is more great advice at TheStreet.com.
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I am Dan Klein.
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Come see me there.
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