Many college students aren’t investing because they don’t think they have to worry about it yet –retirement is a long ways away. However, I would challenge those with that mentality: think bigger. Investing isn’t just for the purpose of having money when you’re at the tail end of life –it’s so that you can live life bigger. There’s so much you can do with your investments!

Depending on what medium you choose, investing is really a time game. Patience is a virtue, as they say. But let me tell you how I look at it. If you’re doing This Money Thing correctly, you should be putting money away for savings anyways. Well, you’re money can either sit in a bank and maybe collect 1-2% interest. OR you can invest your money and let it grow at a higher rate. So the choice is yours: will you let your money grow and work for you, or will you just let it sit?

Your main investing options include:

Do you have any experience with these? Share it with us below! If not, what would you do with your investment funds? Please take my  investingpoll (all the way down at the bottom of the page)!