Investing for Millennials With Erin Lowry

Investing for Millennials With Erin Lowry

Investing can be a little scary or a lot scary depending on how you feel about it. The terminology alone can stop people from starting. Today my guest, Erin Lowery, The Broke Millennial is here to talk about her second book Broke Millennial Takes On Investing: A Beginner’s Guide to Leveling Up Your Money. In this show, Erin shares advice on getting started without all the stress and fear.  Erin Lowry is the author of Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together and Broke Millennial Takes On Investing: A Beginner’s Guide to Leveling Up Your Money. Her first book was named by MarketWatch as one of the best money books of 2017 and her style is often described as refreshing and conversational. Erin’s appeared on CBS Sunday Morning, CNBC and Fox & Friends. She has written for Fast Company, Cosmopolitan Magazine, and Refinery29 and regularly speaks at universities and conferences around the country. Erin spent most of her childhood living in Asia but now settled in New York City with her husband and their rambunctious puppy. 

Investing for Millennials Episode Topics

  • Why learning to invest is important
  • How to not let lack of investing exposure hold you back from investing
  • Learning and applying investing terminology
  • Understanding your risk tolerance
  • Investing and debt
  • Consumer debt vs. student loan debt and investing
  • The steps to begin investing
  • Investing mistakes to avoid
  • Where to start
  • Tools and resources to use

Resources to Guide Investing for Millennials

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