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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mikem2000, post: 1721032, member: 30574&quot;]Ok, I actually disagree with this, but I fully understand that I am one of the few people who thinks this way, but lets see if I convince anyone anyway.&nbsp; Now convention wisdom and &quot;normal&quot; financial thinking would state you should pay off you credit cards, and get other things in order first.&nbsp; It is logical since if you are paying 18% on you revolving credit, why would you&nbsp; want to try to invest in something that may pay you, lets say 8% if you are successful.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Well, my way of thinking is a bit different.&nbsp; I look at investing as the most important skill set you will ever learn in your life.&nbsp; Like I said, it needs to be learned, it is not something that comes easily or naturally, our school system does a poor job in this area, and parents in most cases are not that helpful either.&nbsp; I think of the &quot;negative early returns&quot; sort of like a tuition.&nbsp; We gladly pay to go to college to learn a skill set, right?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Investing is something that is best learned hands on.&nbsp; When you actually have skin in the game, you will certainly be more focused.&nbsp; It is my opinion that young folks should start as early as possible with small amounts of capital.&nbsp; If you lose some cash, so be it, a lesson well worth it.&nbsp; The earlier you start learning the better, this way as you income increases, and you have larger amounts of capital to put to work, to will have already &quot;paid your tuition&quot; and your chances of success will be much higher.&nbsp; JMHO&nbsp;&nbsp; Any thoughts ???</p><p><br /></p><p>So to try to tie this in and keep it on topic, even if the OP has other things to &quot;take care of&quot; it still may be wise to think about a way to invest his 8 Benji&#039;s[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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