So I recently started using Acorns because I don't know much about investing. I don't make that much and I'm on a tight budget. I have it set up for aggressive since I'm young. 1 year out of college 15k of student loans still left 25 y/o I'm kinda just messing around with the idea of investing until I pay off my loans but is this a good idea for now? Should I be doing something else with the pocket change I'm investing?
You can either put investing on hold while you pay off your debt ASAP, or pay off your debt while investing. However with the latter you'd want to make sure your returns are greater than the interest you're paying on you debt, so I'd recommend the former.
Use betterment instead of acorns
Squirrels leave a bunch of acorns in front of my house
For an investment to be worth it, you need to make enough money to cover your debt interest, tax on income from investment and compensate for the risk.
Payoff that debt!