Personal financial investment in the upcoming bearish markets

Hello everybody,

As an upcoming full-time M&A Analyst next Summer, I wanted to have your views on personal finance, investment and savings. I guess the general feeling points towards an upcoming recession in the very next years. I will be in a high-paying position and never had to manage such amounts of money before.

I know financial literacy is crucial and I am continuously trying to learn about it. In this sense, what are your advice for young people in my situation? When I say "advice" I mean sources to learn, products to look up, potential investments to research... Anything in a nutshell!

Looking forward to discuss this with all of you.

Cheers, Rorshak

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How the hell does an M&A Analyst not know how to manage money? Do you receive allowances all the way to graduation?

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