User:Peculiar Investor/Young investors

Financial strategies tend to follow stages of life. Young investors generally beginning their financial journey are focused on things like:
 * Bank accounts, creating a budget, paying off student debt, establishing an emergency fund, and contributing to a Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA);
 * Applying for and managing one or more credit cards, knowing about credit reports;
 * Starting a job and dealing with benefit choices including pension plan contributions and employee benefits;
 * Saving, creating a financial plan and investing, possibly using simple index portfolios in a Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) or TFSA (see TFSAs versus RRSPs).
 * Buying a house and dealing with a mortgage and mortgage insurance and possibly title insurance;

At some point, marriage and children enter the equation and bring other financial considerations into the mix, including life insurance and perhaps Registered Education Savings Plans (RESPs).