A good friend of mine who has just graduated is looking for a good place to start investing. She's young, and time may be her side, but today's youth won't find it nearly as easy as their parents did to build their wealth.
Global growth has stalled, and many are even calling a top on our decades-long growth in Western production. Riding a company's success for 30 years until retirement could be a distant memory, say the naysayers... Corporate revenues are stagnant, and dog-fights over the last scraps of market share ensue while companies race to reduce costs.
It sounds hopeless... Investing could actually be a young person's only chance to ensure their future well being and make their fate less reliant on employment or the value of a home. And the odds are immediately stacked against them!.. But the good news is with a healthy amount of research and an equal amount of smarts, the chances of success significantly increase. But where to start?
