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Need Advice!

Hi Everyone,

I (26M) have just started a month ago, I had 3.5k to invest and still have 1k to invest. But I'm not sure what my strategy should be in the long run - like, should I invest on a regular basis (monthly or every paycheck to paycheck)? Can you please give me some advice or refer any good financial management videos or anything that you think might help me.

I had only 4.5K at the moment to invest. I have started from zero. Last year I didn't have anything in savings but I did save some and did my research on basics like what is a stock and what are the terms related to investing, all that stuff. I didn't know anything before.

I'm not from a well off family, so this is all my hard earned paycheck to paycheck savings.

PS: I know most of you guys will advise me to buy XEQT, I appreciate your advice on it but I don't want to take it - in simple words nothing related to the banks. I want to keep everything Halal (free of interest or within minimum threshold).

PPS: I use Musaffa for halal screening of stocks if it helps someone.

u/Stunning-Human — 8 hours ago
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What do I do to start investing correctly at 16?

I'm 16 and living in Canada. I want to start learning about investing and personal finance the right way, but I honestly don't know where to begin.

Right now I have about $3,000 CAD in savings. I'm not looking for a "get rich quick" scheme—I want to build good habits early and understand how investing actually works.

A few questions I have:

  • What should a 16-year-old focus on learning first?
  • Are there any books, YouTube channels, courses, or websites you'd recommend?
  • Is it worth investing with only $3,000, or should I keep saving for now?
  • What are some common mistakes beginners make that I should avoid?
  • If you were 16 again and starting from scratch in Canada, what would you do differently?
  • What investing apps or platforms do Canadians typically use, and which ones are beginner-friendly?
  • What type of account should I be looking into once I'm old enough (TFSA, FHSA, etc.)?
  • What would you personally do with $3,000 if your goal was long-term growth?

Any advice, resources, or personal experiences would be greatly appreciated. I'm trying to learn as much as possible before putting money anywhere.

Thanks!

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u/CreepyBass4310 — 10 hours ago
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Is the Money Market Portfolio in Wealthsimple safe to stash my cash?

Is it safe to use? Right now my cash is sitting on a Wealthsimple Registered savings account earning only 1.25%.

I have an emergency fund and some cash for real estate downpayment in the future that I am not using at the moment and I want to get the highest interest as possible that is very safe and easily accesible.

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u/foreverlearner4 — 15 hours ago
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My way to investing

I’ve just decided to again start using my TFSA, previously I was buying stocks from NViDIA, Rekor systems and Enbridge. I make good money but I would like to get some suggestions from other people. I ask to some coworkers and they suggest me to buy some from Cameco Corporation. Any ideas where should I put some money?

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u/Miserable-Success-71 — 12 hours ago

Will stocks soar today on Canada-U.S. trade deal?

Might be a good time to grab over the border transport stocks. I've made big coin on some of those players over the past few years.

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u/Fresh_Goat_423 — 23 hours ago

Advice please 18M

I’ve been day trading for a while and just kept loosing money. As of yesterday for the first time I’ve put money into ETFs with $2000 to day trade. Any tips would be greatly appreciated!

EDIT: I’ve condensed my portfolio to 95% XEQT, with 5% money to play with. What should I invest the 5% into? I was thinking Shopify, RBC, or Aritzia.

u/No-Purple5476 — 1 day ago

Any tips? 20M

Been investing since my first part time job back in high school into ETFs, now I got a full time job in the industry while studying for my career on the side (flight school).

I invest now 20% of my paycheck into the same 3 ETfs twice a month.

I’m going to probably max my tfsa contributions for this year, but was waiting for the ETFs to go down a bit. (Im aware you shouldn’t time the market).

As for next year, I might be able to maximise my contributions at the start of the year in January and get to 20K with the help of my parents too.

Grateful if so of course, but just wanted friendly advice as I’m not an expert by any means in investing.

Edit: as for the 3 ETFs I’m investing in:
55% VFV
25% XEF
20% XIU

My logic when I did my research a few years ago was to keep it spread out, look for a good etf for the American market, one for the Canadian one and one for the rest of world.

u/sevilleanda — 1 day ago

need some opinions

i’m hoping to have 10k in xeqt and 2.5k vfv, 2.5k vdy, 2.5k qqc and possibly 2.5k xei. i know people usually say to diversify investments a bit more since i know vfv and qqc are already in xeqt but what else should i buy other than xeqt that will be helpful?

edit: should i sell what i have right now and just go all in for xeqt ?

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u/Ln0528 — 2 days ago

Portfolio advice - 32M

Is my TFSA portfolio too risky considering my average price, positions and age? This is for long term investing purposes to use for retirement around 55-60. Any advice would be appreciated.

u/itsdebatable10 — 3 days ago

Crossed $400k At 38

Crossed it a couple months back but whenever I checked I was always below the value.

Finally was able to catch a photo of the $400k mark!

Its been a goal of mine for a while and luckily (due to some riskier investments in stocks like SNDK, MU, IREN etc) I was able to hit it earlier than expected.

Just thought id share.

I know im probably behind for my age but im really proud of my results

u/Nice_Emu_7249 — 4 days ago

23M, almost 200k, 100k in non-registered

23M, all of this was hard earned and bought myself outright a 2025 Hyundai Tucson last year which set me back just north of 50k. I live at home, have no major monthly expenses and just trying to maximize my value being young and financially responsible. Just trying to grow to eventually see 7 digits

I’m not entirely sure what I’m doing but I see green so I’m doing something correctly. (My dad helped me alot) I still have 30k sitting in non-registered, not sure what to do with. Do I drop it all in on XEQT? What’s the play here?

u/AltF4M — 4 days ago

22M need advice

I know the money I’ve put in is low but I’m looking to put in more.
I want to invest it in a different variety of stocks but I’m unsure where to begin
Any help would be appreciated!

u/clioth — 2 days ago

How do I prepare for the inevitable bear market?

I’ve been investing for about 8 months now, I’m a 19 year old university student. The last time a major crash happened I was only 13 so I don’t really know what to expect when another occurs. Do I just hold and continue to buy like usual? Do I buy more, or do I sell and try to save my profits? With everything I’m seeing online it feels like a major correction is coming in the next year or 2, so I wanted to know what I should do when the crash does happen.

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u/Quick_Ad_9117 — 4 days ago

Dual Citizen TFSA

Any Canadian/US dual citizens who have figured out how to invest with their TFSA without getting slaughtered by the IRS and PFICs?

Currently trying to figure out how to ditch the American citizenship but if they deem it’s due to tax avoidance there’s heafty penalties etc.

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u/AHangryBeaver — 2 days ago
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$5000 to invest, how to allocate?

20M in university, interning and have $60k saved. Throwing into TFSA, and so far half is in ETFs.

Now I’m thinking of stuff I haven’t invested in that have been talked about a lot, here’s what I’m thinking as candidates:

NBIS, MU, DRAM, RKLB, AMD, NVDA, AMZN… and etc.

What is the best way to allocate this? Goal is to get $1M as early as I can before 35 yrs.

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u/BluejayOk2851 — 4 days ago