Investing €100 Is Possible. Here’s How.

I am going to venture a guess; at some point in your life, you have thought of investing money. You immediately assume that you need €1000 or more and may be discouraged. As you continue to think about investing you buy yourself a coffee. What you might not realise is that your coffee could be 3% of your next investment. Today we shall look at the options that exist to make investing €100 possible for you.

 

Join the Peer to Peer (P2P) community.

 

I normally save the best for last, but in this case, I put it right at the top of the list. Peer to peer lending consists of a lender (yourself and many others) lending money to a borrower (entrepreneur) who repays you periodically with interest. This is done through a platform that brings the two together.

 

Investing in P2Ps can start with as little as €10. If you invest €100, you can split the funds and lend to different businesses, thus reducing your risk. Most platforms also allow you to automate the process of lending money, receiving repayments with interests and re-lending them in new loans. It is not a get rich quick scheme, but with average returns of 8%, it isn’t a bad deal either.

 

There are several platforms to choose from. Some of the bigger names out there include Funding Circle and Lending Club. Our choice pick, however, is Mintos. This platform adds an extra layer of protection to the standard P2P system.

 

Borrows do not go directly to the platform but instead use Loan Originators. These are licensed and experienced lenders that carry out due diligence on each borrower. Only they decide whether to give out a loan or not. When they decide to, you can join in and reap the interests. This system greatly decreases the chances of default by the borrower and makes it a great place for investing €100.

 

Take a dip into the stock market.

 

If you wish to follow in the footsteps of Warren Buffet but want to do it on a much smaller scale, there is a solution. There are some stocks and funds which allow you to invest as little as €100 (or their equivalence in $). Scottrade and Ally (formerly Trade King) are two great platforms.

 

Whichever equity market platform you choose, do keep an eye out for charges. Some are as low as $4.95, but others can be a lot higher, causing your initial investment to decrease considerably. You must always be cautious of only investing in one stock. Instead, diversify to spread your risk around.

 

Invest in yourself.

 

Don’t underestimate the potential that exists within yourself. In order to achieve financial liberty, you could choose to start by investing €100 in purchasing books or an online course to learn a new skill. You would then be able to use the knowledge acquired to earn a lot more.

 

I spoke about a great book for entrepreneurs in a previous article, and also suggested a number of free online documentaries. Although €100 might not sound like a lot, in today’s competitive online world you could learn so much with it.

6 thoughts on “Investing €100 Is Possible. Here’s How.

  • March 19, 2018 at 8:39 am
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    Hello ,

    I saw your tweets and thought I will check your website. Have to say it looks very good!
    I’m also interested in this topic and have recently started my journey as young entrepreneur.

    I’m also looking for the ways on how to promote my website. I have tried AdSense and Facebok Ads, however it is getting very expensive. Was thinking about starting using analytics. Do you recommend it?
    Can you recommend something what works best for you?

    I also want to improve SEO of my website. Would appreciate, if you can have a quick look at my website and give me an advice what I should improve: -NOT SHOWN-
    (Recently I have added a new page about FutureNet and the way how users can make money on this social networking portal.)

    I wanted to subscribe to your newsletter, but I couldn’t find it. Do you have it?

    Hope to hear from you soon.

    P.S.
    Maybe I will add link to your website on my website and you will add link to my website on your website? It will improve SEO of our websites, right? What do you think?

    Regards
    Jan Zac

    • March 20, 2018 at 11:36 am
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      Hi Jan, thanks for reaching out. Placing paid ads is a good way to create awareness of your site, however it can get expensive, fast. Before you spend a large budget on ads have a plan to transition from growing an audience through ads to growing it organically. Start by writing more content and use Google Keyword Planner to see what people need answers to. Don’t write just about anything. Next, think where your audience might congregate, such as a Facebook page, and seek ways how to you can share your (free) knowledge to this group for people to get to know you better.

      My final advice is not to give up. It will take time, years even, but if you keep at it you should see positive results in terms of audience growth.

      Good luck 🙂

  • August 30, 2017 at 4:47 am
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    Hi, thank you very much for this info!

  • June 1, 2017 at 3:29 am
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    I love this. I will follow your advice. Thanks for sharing.

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