Want to invest but scared of pressing the wrong button?

YOUR FIRST INDEX FUND IN IRELAND, START TO FINISH. THE FUND, THE PLATFORM, THE ACTUAL BUTTON.

You have meant to start investing for about three years now. The account is open, or nearly open. The money is sitting in the current account waiting for a better moment.

What stops you is rarely the maths. It is the fear of picking the wrong fund on the wrong platform, and finding out later that you owe tax nobody mentioned.

The ETF Starter Guide walks you to your first index fund in Ireland. The fund, the platform, the actual button. Including the 8-year tax rule everyone whispers about.

What's inside
✅ Why one boring fund beats picking winners
✅ The 8-year "tax birthday" explained with real numbers, and why it is smaller than the fear
✅ The exact buy sequence, doable on a lunch break
✅ The five mistakes that catch first-time investors in Ireland
✅ A checklist to run through before you press buy

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    Written by Sjoerd Bak, a qualified financial adviser who takes no commission and sells no products. I've helped over 350 tech professionals in Ireland get their money working.

    This guide is for information only, not personal financial or tax advice.