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Financial Personality Types
01-15-2017, 02:30 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
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Financial Personality Types
There is an interesting article in the Financial Times - Six financial personality types — which one are you? After reading the article I thought I was a hoarder but the results of the online test said I was a Fitbit Financier. I'm going to stick my neck out and predict that most people on this forum are either Fitbit Financiers or Hoarders. Here's the link to the article:
https://www.ft.com/content/5e8da24c-...5-b8b81dd5d080
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01-15-2017, 02:37 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
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The test was inconclusive....no, hold on, it was me that was inconclusive.....and that's the end of it, or not...
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01-15-2017, 02:39 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
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Fitbit
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01-15-2017, 02:48 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
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Fitbit, but according to the guidance provided I need to find a good FA.
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01-15-2017, 02:48 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Quote:
Originally Posted by COcheesehead
Fitbit
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me too
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01-15-2017, 02:59 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
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I'm a hoarder.
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01-15-2017, 03:01 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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I came out a hoarder with a fitbit a close second.
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Financial Personality Types
01-15-2017, 03:06 PM
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Financial Personality Types
Not sure why the article insists we are each one of these six personalities, then explains what is wrong with us for being one of those things. Personal finance is one of my relative strengths and I feel good about what I've accomplished. I wonder, in what condition is the author's finances?
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01-15-2017, 03:08 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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My test was inconclusive
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01-15-2017, 03:09 PM
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Hoarder. Nothing else was even close.This was not a surprise.
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When I was a kid I wanted to be older. This is not what I expected.
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01-15-2017, 03:17 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Markola
Not sure why the article insists we are each one of these three personalities, then explains what is wrong with us for being one of those things. Personal finance is one of my relative strengths and I feel good about what I've accomplished. I wonder, in what condition are the author's finances?
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I thought the article said 6 personality types, the OP may have said 3.
Like most things that are studies, people try to categorize and sort things to try to get some common and different characteristics. In reality there is likely a continuum of variation. Don't let it get to you.
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01-15-2017, 03:22 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
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I got Anxious Investor, which does not reflect my behaviour at all. I had expected to be a Hoarder.
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01-15-2017, 03:23 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
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Fitbit
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01-15-2017, 03:26 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
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Hoarder.
And I got rid of all those old clothes when we downsized!
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01-15-2017, 03:34 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
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Fitbit. Not surprised...
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01-15-2017, 03:38 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Fitbit for me also. The one is I was least of was social value spender.
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The problem isn't artificial intelligence, it's natural stupidity.
You can't spend yourself to prosperity.
Semi-Retired 7/1/16: working part-time (60%) for now [4/24/17 changed to 80%]
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01-15-2017, 03:44 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
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Social Value Spender
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01-15-2017, 03:52 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
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Hoarder. No doubts in my mind about that result. But someday, I will open the floodgates and be a cash splasher. Maybe.
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01-15-2017, 03:58 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
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Tie between Fitbit and Hoarder
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01-15-2017, 04:02 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Fitbit Hoarder
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