Hello everyone! For background, I am almost 19yo. I've been working at Walmart for a little over 6 months as a Pharmacy Technician while I pursue my undergraduate studies that will hopefully land me in pharmacy school.
As for my "portfolio" I have invested in VOO and NVDA through vanguard but no insane amount or anything contributed (roughly 1k).
Considering I haven't hit my 1 year anniversary, Walmart doesn't match my 401k yet but I have still been contributing 6%.
Contributions to date: $503
Current balance: $475 (I guess that means it went down??)
- Question 1 being: Should I wait to keep investing until they match?
- Question 2: Should I invest in Walmart stocks through my associate app? If so should I do the max contribution? ($70 per paycheck for the max amount of matched contribution at 15% aka $10.50)
Or am I overdoing it and need to just save this money in my high-yield towards college. (I am currently managing paying off my undergrad tuition just fine, but pharmacy school can be as much as 26k a year for 4 years)