No you don't get interest off anything breh. you are investing and growing your wealth. and a good investor averages anywhere from 15-20%. If you invested in Apple past 20 years, your apple share would've been up 1500%.
AAPL - Apple Stock Performance Report - Barchart.com
$1000 10 years ago would've been $10753 now. and that's without investing any extra $.
Apple Inc (AAPL) Stock 10 Year History
past 10 years Apple averaged 26.81% yearly return.
so do you math here.
Compound Interest Calculator
Current principal - $0
Annual contribution - $6000 ($500 monthly)
Years to grow - 30
interest rate - 15%
Future value - $2,999,741.51
That's the power of compound interest. there's a huge difference between 20 years vs. 25 years. and there's another huge difference between 25 years vs. 30 years.
15% means you are slightly beating the market. if you just do index funds (go look up 3 fund portfolio) you would most likely average 12-14%. and it will be around 2mil instead of 3mil, but it's much safer way of investing because you are investing on the entire market.
although i suggest to all noobs to just do index funds, but it's actually not a bad idea to pick your own stocks and invest. through M1 you get to build your own ETF which is the coolest part. also advantage of building your own is that there's no expense ratio. there are many great ETFs or mutual funds available, but many of them costs you money. it's basically a fee you have to pay. It's safer to invest in mutual fund, but i like picking my own stocks.
Go look up Jeremy Financial Education on youtube if you want to learn more about how to pick stocks and how to look at companies balance sheet. Cac talks alot, and can be extremely annoying, but he is good and has alot of substance.
look, you don't need to be an expert. just start doing your own research and go for it. you won't regret it.