Josh

👋 Hey, welcome to my investing journey I’m 23 and starting to build a long-term portfolio in a Trading 212 ISA. 💷 Starting with: £250 ➕ Adding: £50 every week 🎯 Goal: long-term investing + early retirement (slow and steady approach) I’m not trying to time the market or get rich quick — just focusing on consistency, learning as I go, and letting compounding do its thing over time. I’ll be sharing regular updates on what I buy, how the portfolio grows, and any mistakes or lessons along the way. If you’re also investing or just curious, feel free to follow along 📈 #Investing #PersonalFinance #StockMarket #LongTermInvesting #ISA #WealthBuilding #FinanceJourney #Trading212 #EarlyRetirement #Compounding

@dailymarketpile 🤝

@JB_Invests1 Nice mate!

Day 1 update 📈 Portfolio is already up 1.1% today 😅 Obviously not getting carried away over one day, but it definitely feels good seeing the journey officially begin. The real goal is still long term consistency — investing every week, staying patient, and letting compounding do the work over time. £50/week from here 🚀 #Investing #Trading212 #ISA #StockMarket #LongTermInvesting #PersonalFinance #FinanceJourney

@MGenesisInvest Thank you!🍺

@JB_Invests1 I wish you good luck - I will be watching your development and supporting you :) I invite you to my place

First weekly deposit completed ✅📈 The plan is to invest a minimum of £50 every week into the portfolio, but decided to start strong and add £125 this week. Added to: • VUAG • NVDA • MSFT • TSLA • RKLB Slowly building this portfolio one week at a time 🚀 #Investing #Trading212 #ISA #StockMarket #LongTermInvesting #PersonalFinance

@harm_ay1 Im prepared for the red days and months🔴

@JB_Invests1 I love how positive everyone is, but the market bounces from -1.8-2% daily

@FrostyInvestorr Thanks frosty!

@JB_Invests1 Keep stacking mate, well done

@ben__investing He will be the same person asking how you achieved financial freedom. Keep going Ben you have a bright future ahead!📈🚀

I posted this the other day and had an angry man call me a ‘goon’ because the example I gave of £200 a month was ‘completely unrealistic’. Is that a lot of money? Of course it is. Does investing require sacrifice? Most definitely. But if you want to build towards becoming financially free, then these are the choices you have to make. I’ll just crack on and stay consistent 🤷🏻‍♂️

@KalumInvests Hey Kalum 👋🏽Best of luck mate !

I haven’t really done an introductory post since coming on here, so here it goes. Age: 30 Occupation: Outside Sales Industry: Shipping & Logistics Kids: 2 Daughters (Help) Partner: With for 10 years Hobbies: Golf, Running, Boxing Interests: Investing, Finance, Tech, Shipping, Personal Development Desired retirement age: 50 Desired net worth at 50: £2m + If anyone’s like me and recently turned 30 it’s made me really focus on what I want to achieve over the next 10 years. Career progression is a key one for me and going all-in on communication, all the winners I’ve met in the corporate ladder communicate extremely well. Investment wise I plan to keep growing the pension pots, I’m doing 15% of my salary every month which is around £650 at work into a tech mutual fund and have a SIPP with around £65k in stocks and cash ready if we do have a pullback. I’ve never had an ISA before but opened one in April, I’m doing a small £100-200 a month into this to build a bridge pot which I’m hoping will cover expenses when I reach my retirement age of 50, as I can’t get my pension pots until I’m 57. Been a pleasure getting to know a few of you and I look forward to following along your progress.

@212insight Thank you!

@JB_Invests1 Good luck!

@PiesStocks Much appreciated

@JB_Invests1 You too bro!

Good morning all, this is where we start today. Hopefully we finish 🟢 How are you all?

@ben__investing Thanks Ben

@JB_Invests1 Loving them picks mate

@wealthyfranklin 📈📈

@JB_Invests1 Can only go up from here!

Honestly just wanted to say thank you for all the support and kind messages over the last 24 hours 🙌 I genuinely didn’t expect this much interaction from my first day posting about my investing journey. It’s been really nice speaking to people with similar goals and mindsets, and I’m excited to keep learning, growing, and being part of this community 📈 Still very early days, but I’m looking forward to sharing the journey over the years ahead. Appreciate you all 🚀 #Investing #Trading212 #PersonalFinance #StockMarket #LongTermInvesting #ISA #FinanceJourney #WealthBuilding

@FlippieFinance Glad to be here Flippie!

@JB_Invests1 Hey man, it's nice to have you here :)

@FlippieFinance At the time I needed to withdraw due to bad financial management

@JB_Invests1 Why don't you keep it all in?

Since 2024 I’ve deposited £12,679 and withdrawn £11,900. Made me realise how powerful consistency could’ve been if more of that money had stayed invested instead of being spent. Small amounts really do add up over time 📈 #Investing #PersonalFinance #LongTermInvesting #WealthBuilding

@jzrdan Morning Jordan

Morning all! 👋 I thought I’d share a little more about myself as I’ve connected with some great people here on X, so it’s great to get to know each other better. I’m 28 from North Yorkshire, UK and lived here all my life. I’m much more of a countryside man than city! 🇬🇧 I made my first investment back in 2020 when I bought #AML which thankfully, I didn’t hold onto for too long… What started as an interest has now become part of my everyday life & I love it. I am in a very fortunate enough position to have had a couple of successful businesses since I was 17, as well as now sitting on the board of a wonderful family business. I’m strange in the sense of work gives me a purpose, I love it. Even with the reality of financially not needing to, I couldn’t imagine not doing it. Something a bit more personal - me and my amazing partner of over 10 years are expecting our first child next month. Truly a dream come true. We’re having a little boy which I’m incredibly excited about. 👶 It’s great getting to know everyone here on X. I think some of the knowledge shared here is better than you’d get from those with degrees/masters in the corresponding subjects. Always happy to connect with new, genuine people! 🤝

@ben__investing Morning Ben wishing u a green week 🟢

Good morning people ☕️ If yesterday was anything to go by, it’s looking like we could be in for another 🟢 week 🙌🏻 Either way, keep stacking 💪🏼

@InvestingDivTr Thank you I’ll take a look !

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👋 Hey, welcome to my investing journey I’m 23 and starting to build a long-term portfolio in a Trading 212 ISA. 💷 Starting with: £250 ➕ Adding: £50 every week 🎯 Goal: long-term investing + early retirement (slow and steady approach) I’m not trying to time the market or get rich quick — just focusing on consistency, learning as I go, and letting compounding do its thing over time. I’ll be sharing regular updates on what I buy, how the portfolio grows, and any mistakes or lessons along the way. If you’re also investing or just curious, feel free to follow along 📈 #Investing #PersonalFinance #StockMarket #LongTermInvesting #ISA #WealthBuilding #FinanceJourney #Trading212 #EarlyRetirement #Compounding

@noluckjustpain I definitely think this will help me be more disciplined

@JB_Invests1 Nice one Josh, starting and building a habit of investing is the hard part

First £250 officially invested ✅📈 Decided to swap the Vanguard FTSE All-World for the Vanguard S&P 500 Accumulation fund, and I’ve now bought all my starting positions. Portfolio currently includes: • Vanguard S&P 500 Accumulation • Brookfield Renewable • Kratos Defense & Security • Meta • Microsoft • Moderna • Nvidia • Rocket Lab • Tesla Feels good to finally get started after thinking about it for so long. Now the real plan begins: stay consistent, keep learning, and add £50 every week no matter what the market’s doing 🚀 Looking forward to documenting the journey over the years ahead. #Investing #Trading212 #ISA #StockMarket #LongTermInvesting #PersonalFinance #FinanceJourney #WealthBuilding

@M3Invest Thank you!

@JB_Invests1 Welcome boss happy to follow your journey

@elneneloco813 Thank you means a lot!

@JB_Invests1 Good stuff way ahead of your generation! Keep it up

@TwoFlowerTrader Thanks for asking! I’ve invested into 1 ETF (S&P500) and 8 individual stocks. Always happy to answer questions🤝

@JB_Invests1 Hey Josh! Have you put them into individual stocks or into a pie? I’m a rookie at this so sorry if a daft question! 👍🏻