For the first $100k, I recommend a safe approach - i.e. put into fixed return financial products like fixed deposits or guaranteed return endowment plans, or stable shares like $Vanguard S&P 500 ETF(VOO)$ .
DO NOT risk your precious first $100k in highly volatile shares like $Tiger Brokers(TIGR)$ or meme stocks like $AMC Entertainment(AMC)$ $GameStop(GME)$ , unless you have couple of $100k to speculate with.
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You are right, the first 100,000 can be saved entirely from salary.
Is it true that you can’t buy high volatility stocks?
I can see that your investment style is very stable.
I like VOO, it's really safe