by Karolina
Only around 250,000 people – or about 9% of Lithuania’s population – invested in financial markets in 2025, according to Bank of Lithuania data. While this may seem like a relatively small share, the number of investors grew by 40% year-on-year. It shows that there are a lot of potential retail investors coming into the market and room for investment brokers to expand, though there are still key factors to keep in mind.
A lack of knowledge, the fear of making mistakes, and hesitation to push that "buy" button are common reasons why many people never start investing. But honestly, you will likely never feel like you know everything or have mustered up 100% of the courage. Since time in the market is one of the key ingredients to successful investing, there is no need to wait. Image by Kaboompics from Pexels A great springboard for beginners is an investor simulator, which lets you trade in re
Imagine being surrounded by nature, comfortably sitting on a beanbag, drinking your favorite beverage, and listening to real investors share personal stories about how they grow their wealth. Would you like to be there in real life? Photo by Andres Alaniz on Pexels For a long time, investing was viewed as overly complex and accessible only to professionals. We assumed that managing wealth was best left to experts, blindly trusting them while ignoring our own financial potenti
Hi, I'm Karolina, a financial journalist and communicator passionate about personal finance and investing.
From my own journey, I know that markets and money management can feel overwhelming, but they don't have to be.
Here, I break down complex topics into simple, real-life stories – and who knows, maybe you'll find a bit of yourself in them or a burst of motivation to start nurturing your financial health.