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r/investingr/investing· u/Tall-Geologist4570· 7d ago 114

Has anyone else become “addicted” to investing?

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A 21yo student asks if investing almost all internship income and researching stocks constantly is a healthy habit or an addiction.

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I’m 21 in college with a paid year long internship, and bc of scholarships I’ve been very lucky with avoiding any college costs and loan debt for the future. Because of this, I almost invest ALL of the money I make from my internship into individual stocks and index funds. Of course I’ll eat out and spend some money every now and then, but I’d say that’s less than 1% of where my money goes to. I even get these sudden urges to pull hundreds and even thousands out my checkings and transferring it to my investment accounts over stocks and index funds I researched.

Some days I spend hours researching a company and looking at financials.My parents encourage this behavior, and my dad even sometimes wants me to buy penny stocks bc he says at my age it’s okay to be a lot riskier (he also says he regrets not trying it) but ive yet to do it because I have this fear from losing a ton of money after seeing the wallstreetbets subreddit.

Anyways, is this a poor and destructive habit I’m making, or should it be encouraged at my age? I try my best to not let it get in the way of my social life, meaning I’ll get drinks every now and then, pay for mine and friends meals, go shopping, but I’m not going to lie, it hurts me a bit on the inside when I see the receipt lol.

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