How to start investing with little money
What to put in place first, why small regular amounts work, how fees hit small purchases hardest, and how to make a first purchase from $5 in Lex.
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Investing: getting started and knowing what you own
How to start with small amounts, the real routes to US companies and government bonds, and the risks worth understanding first.
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Before you invest: what you own, what it costs, and how to access your money
Five questions to answer before investing: the instrument, who stands behind it, who can move it, every cost, and how you access your money. Applied step by step to Lex.
How to invest in US companies from Mexico, Brazil, or Argentina
Compare the real routes to Apple, Microsoft, or NVIDIA from Latin America: CEDEARs, BDRs, Mexico’s SIC, a US brokerage account, and tokenized stocks in Lex.
How to invest in government bonds: CETES, Tesouro, US Treasuries
How government bonds pay, what can go wrong, how to buy them directly in Mexico, Brazil, and the United States, and how bond tokens work in Lex.
Tokenized stocks: why Lex uses Coinbase’s model
What stock-token buyers hold, how current Coinbase and Robinhood products differ, and why holder rights have conditions.
Futures, perpetuals, and leverage: useful tools, poor defaults
How futures and perpetuals help sophisticated hedgers, why leverage magnifies losses, and why unleveraged equities or broad index funds are simpler defaults.
Prediction markets are a poor foundation for investing
What Kalshi and Polymarket research says about trading losses, concentrated profits, fees, and why event bets are a poor long-term investment foundation.
Memecoins and social trading: who earns from the activity?
Examine Pump.fun wallet-loss data, Fomo’s social trading features, and how transaction fees can reward platforms even when traders lose money.