Most Americans Don't Consider Themselves Successful Investors. Here's How To Change That

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Wed, 09/19/2018 - 10:18am

We all want to build wealth, and investing is generally a good way to get there. When you park all of your money in a savings account, you limit its growth substantially, but when you invest it, you get a real opportunity to turn it into a much larger sum.Most Americans, however, aren't confident in their ability to invest wisely, according to new data from GOBankingRates.

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