This is simply not true. For starters if you think $1000 is an appropriate amount to invest you need to either spend less on junk or continue spending your mon

This is simply not true. For starters if you think $1000 is an appropriate amount to invest you need to either spend less on junk or continue spending your money on self improvement (Assuming money is a life goal). Brokerage fees are often per transaction so bigger, long term investments means less % costs = more % profit. Of course if you’re testing the waters $1000 is fully appropriate, hobbies cost money so if it’s fun, fair enough. But skipping brokerage fees, S&P 500 is considered probably the best and the same for all. If there was a magical return much greater than S&P 500 that only billions could get then someone would just collate a billion from various sources and take a small cut. Costs are in paper work and handling fees which shouldn’t be different whether it’s $10,000 or $1,000,000. It’ll be a bigger % for small amounts, but as long as you invest reasonably big chunks and not keep moving it around it’s negligible difference.