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I'm just out of college and while I wait for application processes to begin for my masters, I've been working a few content writing jobs here and there and have managed to come up with a decent amount Since investing is all the rave, I have been reading a bit about the stock market. Although resources available to help a 20 year old Indian student have been limited or undiscoverable so far. Looking for links, stories, personal beliefs or opinions on how I should go about starting investing.

I am graduating from non-CS/IT branch at a prestigious college this month. In July, I will be joining as an SDE 1 at Appian. Since this is my first full-time job, I want to prepare myself. Experienced professionals, please advise on what to do and what to avoid for better personal and professional growth. Here are some facts about myself: Personally, I am somewhat introverted but can talk if necessary and am good at conversing with friends. I often find that others put more effort into initiating conversations, which is why I have only a few friends and no female friends. Most of the time, I am comfortable with this, but sometimes I feel a bit lost. I rarely play sports or engage in physical activities (I’m not good at any sports). Any suggestions for improvement in this area would be appreciated. Professionally, I was a mediocre student in college and spent a lot of time on LeetCode (I’ve solved around 700 questions). Should I continue with LeetCode or competitive programming after joining? Or should I focus on projects and learning new tech stacks or AI/ML (I’ve studied a few courses and worked on ML projects)? Alternatively, should I just focus on company work and not pursue anything on my own? Lastly, I have a keen interest in finance and the stock market. I’ve been learning and investing for the past four years. Should I devote more time to learning technical analysis and swing trading, or should I keep it minimal? How should I prioritize my personal, professional, and financial goals?

Work/Life/Play/Sleep whatever. Noticing a massive improvement in sleep quality after getting all black sun blocking curtains. Especially considering the stress from work that is making me die on the inside, getting some sleep is a respite.

I have been investing for almost 2 years now and have successfully saved >₹10L. 50% is in straight up equity, 25% in MF (equity) and 15% is in gold (bonds and tablets) and the rest is Liquid Cash. I don't know the way forward now, do I keep doing the same thing? Do I diversify? I have also started to invest in US Markets.

I'm 22 and new to investing with zero previous financial knowledge. I have built a portfolio from some advive from YT and asking few friends. I would like some advice/suggestions/criticism I have approx 1L that is left after reducing all monthly expenses. I've thought of keeping 5% as spare cash and use the rest for investing. I've come up with a split: FD/RD: ~14% SGB: ~17% MF: ~39% (~9% small cap index,15% flexi cap, 15% nifty index) Direct stocks: ~15% Crypto: ~10% Thought Process: I divided my portfolio into 3 parts based on goals/plans, part one was retirement/safety with minimal risks, part two was for moderate growth with controlled risks ,part three was for taking risks. Each lf these parts were a seperate portfolio and I took the weighted average of these 3 to create my final one. Idk what stocks or what crypto I'm going to invest in. I've assumed the stocks to be a little riskier than MF and yielding more possible returns and crypto to be basically a lottery(I'd put a thought/research in what I'm putting money into).

Hello, I'm curious about your insights on smart investment strategies for the money I've earned through internships and other sources. How can I make the most of these earnings? I'm open to suggestions and keen on learning from your experiences. Thanks in advance for your valuable advice!

I'm just starting to invest. Suggest me the best practices and ways to lead a better life (in terms of finance). Thanks.

I watch movies and some series or just sleep in my house. What do you guys do who are staying on rent and can't go home every long weekend, how do you kill your time?

Wanted to know how people are managing their investments? I’m facing below issues while managing 1. How to diversified fund? whats are % of allocations 2. How to rebalancing the mutual funds and stocks time to time 3. Investment on Foreign equities If you are managing by own please share your plan and approach or if you are taking help of any financial advisors do share their details also. Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks.