Brand new to investing! Husband and I are 37, don’t have any investments other than the home we currently own. Sitting on atleast 100g worth of cash....

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Do some research on basics and pick an approach you generally like and makes sense to you. Then take 10g and deploy your chosen strategy over whatever time scale it requires. See how you feel afterwards, and iterate from there!

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DCA and diversify into stocks, ETFs and real estate ie rental property. I am 42 and my wife 38, we have diversified 1.1 M into these instruments and hence a little biased.

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What investment advice would you guys give us for beginners like us? I researched a bit on VTI, VOO etc., how much initial $$ should we use to buy funds and slowly ramp up? All 100 or 20g at a time?

100g is A LOT. Start with 20g and make sure you have a guide.

Kidding, but if you’re risky, throw it all in. Risk averse, DCA.

Thanks all. Really helpful. I will start doing some research on this.

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