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The first step towards financial freedom is being able to settle your debts. Never think of investing if you have your debt out of control. In particular, credit card debt should be eliminated immediately because of the exorbitant interest rates. Other debts are OK so long as the money that you are supposed to use to pay for them are invested in vehicles that have higher returns than the monthly interest of your loans.

Once you have done that and an emergency fund is already set up, it may be time to start looking at investment opportunities. However, with so many investment options available in the market, how are you supposed to know which one is the best for your circumstances? Here's how.

First, you have to determine your financial goals. This will drive everything that you decide about your investments. What are you saving and earning money for? Is it for your retirement? A home? A car? That dream vacation? Graduate studies? Rank your financial goals according to the order of importance. The top two or three goals should be driving force behind your investment decisions.

Once you have determined your financial goals, it is time to assess your risk appetite. In investments, the higher the associated risks, the higher the rewards. Some people cannot sleep once they find out that their portfolios are reduced by just 5%, while some people are willing to go as much as 20%. Generally speaking, young people are adviced to take on a higher risk appetite because they have a longer time ahead of them to recover losses, but this is still up to you.

For those with a short-term goal and low risk appetite, keeping the money in cash or in money market funds ought to work. These funds are nearly risk-free. Most of the time what you only have to worry about is your money getting devalued by inflation.

For medium-term goals and moderate risk appetite, you can diversity your portfolio according to your circumstances. A mixture of mutual funds, some stocks, bonds, and other investment vehicles is OK. Just educate yourself about these very well in order to understand the associated risks.

Those with goals of longer than a decade i.e. long-term goals and those who have an aggressive risk appetite, stocks are always a good option. They may fluctuate wildly in any given period, but it has been shown that overtime, they give out the most profit among the conventional investment vehicles.

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