If time in the market is an investor’s biggest advantage, is there such a thing as starting too early?
More parents are encouraging their teens to invest before they even finish high school—hoping to give them a head start. But what does that actually look like in practice?
Join MarketWatch’s Venessa Wong for a live conversation with 18-year-old investor Adam Erlichson and his mother, Kim Erlichson, on the realities of teen investing. They’ll discuss what young investors are doing today, the lessons learned from starting early and how parents can help—or hinder—the process.
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