From the time my opinion is more important than money. Money is important and if you have a small amount of money then you can earn a small income but if you do not spend time to learn forex then you can lose everything. So every beginner should spend time to learn forex and then invest. It can be great if he invests little because it is a very risky business and a newbie must handle it first. Time and money are required in forex but time is more important than the money you want to spend on trading because if there is good money management it is possible to trade well even though your capital amount is low. If you spend a lot of time in forex with practice so you can get more knowledge to trade well in different market conditions.