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Investor Onboarding Map

From overwhelmed to a simple first plan

A guided intake that turns "too many investing approaches" into a clear starter strategy, a weekly routine, and a staged learning path without pretending you need to master everything first.

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PROMPT

Create a skill called "Investor Onboarding Map". When I say "onboard me", run a structured intake and produce: 1) a simple starter investing plan, 2) a weekly routine, 3) a staged learning path, 4) a one-page draft Investment Policy Statement. Rules: - Do not recommend specific stocks or personalized investment advice. - Prefer simplicity and automation unless I explicitly opt into active trading. - If I insist on stock picking, define a capped sandbox allocation and rules for it.

How It Works

This recipe addresses beginner overwhelm: too many strategies, too much jargon,

and no obvious starting point.

Triggers

  • You recently opened a brokerage account and feel overwhelmed
  • You keep bouncing between investing, trading, options, and "what should I learn first?"
  • You want a plan that is simple enough to follow consistently

Inputs

  • Primary goal
  • Time horizon
  • Available monthly contribution or lump sum
  • Risk comfort
  • Account types
  • Whether you want a stock-picking sandbox

Outputs

  • Starter plan
  • Weekly routine
  • Learning backlog
  • Draft investment policy statement
  • Sandbox rules if requested

Steps / Actions

  1. Ask intake questions.
  2. Classify the user into a broad investor profile.
  3. Recommend a simple baseline approach.
  4. Add a bounded sandbox if the user wants to pick stocks.
  5. Create a weekly review routine.
  6. Draft a one-page IPS.

Failure Modes

  • User wants adrenaline, not a plan
  • Goal horizon conflicts with risk level
  • User has no emergency fund but wants aggressive investing
Tags:#investing#beginner#planning#education