Still Haven't Made Your First Investment? This Is for You.

You made it through 12 days of the New Year's Bootcamp.

You learned things most people spend years avoiding - you know what an ETF is, why diversification matters, and roughly what kind of investor you want to be.

But if you haven’t hit ‘buy’ on your first investment yet, don’t worry - you’re not alone.

The obstacles that get in the way of a first investment are almost always the same ones. And luckily, that means they're very fixable.

That’s why on April 13th, Female Invest co-founder Anna Hartvigsen is going live to walk you through your first investment - in real time.

But first, let's talk about what's been getting in the way.

Three Things That Keep People Stuck

After running nine bootcamp cohorts with over 30,000 women, we've noticed the same fears emerge again and again.

1. Platform paralysis

There are a lot of options. And when everything feels equally important, it's easy to keep researching instead of deciding. The truth is: the "perfect" platform doesn't exist. A good-enough platform you actually use is infinitely better than the perfect one you're still comparing.

Our Ultimate Guide to Choosing an Investment Platform cuts through the noise - it's in the Resources tab below.

2. The "what if I get it wrong" fear

What if I pick the wrong fund? What if I lose money? What if I mess this up? These questions are completely normal - and they stop a lot of people from ever starting.

Here's what we know from the data: the cost of waiting almost always outweighs the cost of an imperfect first investment. Time in the market matters more than timing the market. And a diversified global ETF is a hard thing to "get wrong."

If you're not sure what to invest in, The Questions Almost Every Beginner Investor Asks - Part 1 & 2 are a good place to start.

3. Waiting for the perfect moment

The markets are volatile, the headlines are loud, and it doesn't feel like a good time right now to jump in the market.

But that feeling - the sense that you should wait until things calm down - is one of the most expensive mistakes a new investor can make. The investors who wait for certainty are the ones who wait forever.

Your First Year as an Investor: What Matters, What Really Doesn't and Why We Don’t Try to Time the Market cover this in detail.

The most expensive thing you can do is wait.

This Is Your Moment - and We're Doing It Live

On April 13th, Female Invest co-founder Anna Hartvigsen is going to walk you through it.

The platform, the fund, the moment you hit buy - together, in real time, with space for the questions you've been too shy to ask anywhere else.

No jargon, no skipped steps, no more waiting.

This session is for you if: you haven't made your first investment yet, or you keep meaning to but something always gets in the way. If you want someone to walk you through it live, this is the one.

Register in the Resources tab below.

And if you need one more reason to show up on April 13th: every time a woman makes her first investment, we take action towards closing the gender gap.

That shift starts with one decision.

April 13th is where it gets real.

We'll see you there.