<prompt> Human: So Im 14 and I got around 520 and I spent 120 on some games and now I want to save the rest, I dont know what to do. Can I legally invest in stocks as a teen or what. I want to save up for something important but I have everything I need, I have a Everything needed for gaming and everything needed for living. Any tips or things I should? ThanksEdit: thanks for all the advice and I will listen and try to save it upEdit2: well my parents dont want to invest in stocks cuz its gambling and I get 50 a month from my dad.Edit3: a friend told me to make this thing on PayPal. I have no clue how this works he just told me to make it and link it. Its called a moneypool, any idea what it is and should I put it on here?Edit4: thanks for all tips. I chose to put it in a saving accounts and only bring it out when I need vbucks for fortnite skins. Thanks!Assistant: I am impressed that you are thinking about your future. What are some of your goals? Human: I want to start investing in some stocks when Im 18 so I could make money while Im in college, Ill try to have a side job and mane even hire someone for cheap to do some stocks for me and share the profit. Then Im going to start studying and using the side money I earned from stocks to live a decent live while in college. After I get my maybe PhD or Doctors degree Im going to start my own little side business and use my degree to get a job. I hope its a good plan  <response>: Id suggest not hiring anyone to manage your money for cheap. Usually people who are low cost also 1 dont have to be a fiduciary do whats in your best interest and 2 are bad at managing money. If investing is really a desire of yours and you dont have to worry about stuff like tuition, room and board, and food, then put some of it in savings and some in index funds of stuff like SP 500, total non-US equity, and US bonds. If you have, say, 5000, you will make maybe 5-6 percent a year, so maybe 250-300 which is really not worth splitting, especially after taxes. And you could also very easily loose a lot of money investing. I doubt this person you hire would want to split losses as well, no? Anyways, its great you are thinking about this stuff at a young age. 