Why Should I Invest?

Based on reading my“Backyard Explanation of Investing,”, you know that investing is unavoidable. The only question is how to do it intelligently.

The best way to invest intelligently, is by finding a good reason for investing. And there are lots of them. At this point, most investment advisers will tell you that a good reason to invest is like — to buy a fancy car, to buy a house, to get an education, to set aside money for retirement or for “that trip around the world.” This sounds so boring, frankly. Why? Because all of those goals are way off in the future, and the allure of an immediate investment in, for example, a spread of goodies, a garbage can full of ice and beer, and a backyard full of hotties to dance and swim with, is so much more enticing.

What strikes me as a good reason to learn to invest is because it's how people get rich and powerful. Does that mean that I will become rich and powerful? Not at all. I may only become affluent and somewhat less impotent. I may only become solvent and self-directed. But I will learn, at least, how the people who run this world make their money, and I will be less of a pawn in an economic game if I understand a little of what is going on in the world of money and power.

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