Invest in the Stock Market in your 20s – For the people who are in their 20s- stock market investing might seem too early. Plenty of years left to invest, right?  Why get involved in the complex world of the stock market so soon? Most youngsters believe that either it is too soon or they do not have too much money to start investing in their 20s.

However, both of these assumptions are wrong.

The best time to start investing in the stock market is when you are in your 20s. Why? Let’s find out!!

Why Should You Invest in the Stock Market in Your 20s?

1. Stock market investing gives the best returns

Do you know that if your parents have invested Rs 10,000 in the stocks like WIPRO or Infosys in the early 1990s, its worth would have been turned out to be over crores by now?. Note that we are not even talking about hidden gems. Few other common stocks like Eicher Motors (Royal Enfield Parent Company), Symphony, Page Industries (Jockey) etc has given even better returns than Infosys and WIPRO.

Historically speaking, the stock market has outperformed all the other investment options in the long run. If you buy an amazing stock in your 20s and have the patience to hold it for long-term (20-30 years), you can also get a fantastic return. Here, you’re giving your investment enough time to grow.

2. You won’t require extra money anytime soon

When you are in your 20s, you won’t need to worry about a lot of things like kids, house loans, kids college fees, retirement plans etc. Moreover, at this phase of time- most people do not have any dependents like spouses or kids. When you invest in your 20s, you won’t require to sell that stock anytime soon. You can easily invest and forget that money.

3. It’s a great way to plan your future goals

Planning to buy a beach house by your 30s or become a millionaire by your 40s or just have enough savings to retire early — all these can be achieved if you start investing early. Set a definite future goal in your 20s and invest systematically to attain it.

4. You can take a lot of risks

When you are in your 20s, you can take a lot of risks while investing in stocks.

Instead of investing in just large caps or blue-chip stocks, you can also invest in small caps like promising startups which recently got listed in the stock exchange and have huge upside potential. Although, the risk associated with small caps are relatively high compared to the well-settled and trustable large caps- however, the rewards are also higher.

When you are in your 20s – even if you incur some loss, you have plenty of time to learn and recover from your mistakes. At this stage of time, while you can handle more risks you can also earn great rewards.

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Bottom Line

It’s always advantageous to start investing early. One of the greatest investors of all time started investing at an age of eleven.

“I made my first investment at age eleven. I was wasting my life up until then.” -Warren Buffet

Eleven might be a little soon for an average investor in India. However, the 20s are most suitable to start investing in the stock market. At this stage, most people have money with no responsibilities.

In the end, here is the golden rule of investing to make build amazing money in the long term—“Invest early, invest consistently and invest for the long term…” #HappyInvesting.

Kritesh Abhishek

Kritesh (Tweet here) is the Founder & CEO of Trade Brains & FinGrad. He is an NSE Certified Equity Fundamental Analyst with +7 Years of Experience in Share Market Investing. Kritesh frequently writes about Share Market Investing and IPOs and publishes his personal insights on the market.