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SIMRAN KAUR is an angel and venture capital investor, former stock market columnist and founder of the number-one stock market podcast for women: Friends That Invest, with over 10M downloads around the world. Simran is passionate about educating and uplifting women so they can grow their hard-earned money and find financial security.

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Your step-by-step guide to financial independence - from the creator of the #1 investing education podcast, Friends That Invest

Ever wondered how the stock market works, but felt too intimidated to ask? Then this is the book for you! In this straightforward, inclusive guide to investing, globally recognised expert Simran Kaur teaches the essential principles you can apply to any market, anywhere in the world. In Friends That Invest, you're invited to join a supportive, thriving community of people who are building a better financial future.

Get the practical, step-by-step guidance you need to start your investing journey today. In this updated edition, you'll find a brand-new chapter that unpacks how to invest your first $1000, with the simple actions you can take to become an investor sooner.

Because here's the thing about money: It provides freedom. The freedom to say yes or no. The freedom to handle whatever life throws at you. And the freedom to grow and prosper.

• Understand the stock market, ETFs and different types of investments
• Grow your money, beat inflation and secure your future
• Decode the jargon around markets, diversification, earnings and more
• Explore different investor strategies and find the right one for you

• Put it all together, step-by-step, and start your investment portfolio

  Investing is for everyone. Pick up Friends That Invest, become an investie bestie and claim your space in the world of finance - so you too can find financial independence and create generational wealth.

  Friends That Invest was previously published as *Girls That Invest: Your Guide to Financial Independence Through Shares and Stocks.*

  Inhalt

  Acknowledgements ix

  About the author xi

  The nine- year- old analyst and me xv

  How to use this book xxxi

  Part I: Why become an investor? 1

  1 Five reasons investing is better than a mattress stuffed with cash 3

  2 Misconceptions that hold us back from investing 23

  3 The first 5 bricks 47

  4 Stock market 101 67

  5 What's your type (of investment)? 79

  6 Hello, stock market millionaire 99

  Part II: How to become an investor 109

  7 Dancing stocks and risky numbers 111

  8 The ethical investor 125

  9 The female investor 139

  10 The lazy investor 157

  Friends That Invest

  11 Spicy investing 171

  12 Putting it all together 185

  13 Action: Invest your first $ 1000 205

  Graduations & ladders 229

  Index 231