Hi, I have recently saved some money and wanted to invest it to make something out of it instead of just letting it dry in my bank account.
I wanted to ask if anyone has been facing a similar situation and if you have started investing by yourself (stock picking, ETF, crypto) or just done it through your bank and let them do the work. If it’s the first option, also I would appreciate any advice.

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A mix of index mutual funds/ETFs is the way to go for long term investing. An allocation of Large, Mid, and Small cap stock indexes, an international stock, and a bond index. The percentage of each will depend on your risk tolerance and time horizon.
An easier way to accomplish this would be to use a robo advisor, Fidelity, Schwab and others have these. Fidelity's is free for investments under $10k.

Individual stock/crypto investing is risky, time consuming, and requires trading knowledge/skill. If you really enjoy doing it and aren't concerned about losing the money go for it, but for most people their time is better spent on other activities they enjoy.

+1 to everything said above. From personal experience - I divided my investment into individual stocks and ETFs and my ETF portfolio is doing so much better than the individual stocks. Currently reading ‘A simple path to wealth’ and wish I had read it before I started investing.

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