“You’ll be laughing later. (At me, as I snivel and regret my youthful folly).”
Exactly how I feel now. I was 17 in 1999 when I got a stocks and shares ISA with Clydesdale bank. I put in my life savings: 1000 pounds. Next time I checked it I had lost 250 of that due to the correction. ‘Take it out!’ I told the bank. People are supposed to make money on the stock market, not lose it, I thought to myself.
I waited until August 2017 to take the time to educate myself. I’d probably be retired by now if kept at it back then.
