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21 year old going into S&T at a European bank this summer. That doesn’t even matter just asking how I should be investing my money when I actually start making some. Whether it be performing DCF’s on stocks or just studying market trends and sectors. Really not sure what to do cause I know if I hold it all liquid I’ll spend it on bs.

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