How do you think of yourself as an investor?

[AirOps]

Wish I could vote lucky. Worked at Wal-Mart late 1980 to early 1982. Bought stock and they added 15% to my purchase. Had little over $2,800 in stock when I found my real job.

 

[ziggy29]

In 2019 I was a genius. Just rode the stock market and realized some nice gains. But did retire early because I was an investor for many years. Just can't seem to impart that knowledge to my kids...

...or me to my wife. She has about as much interest in my financial planning and investing as I have in her knitting. But I have detailed instructions in my "letter from your dead or incapacitated husband" which I update every few months, and I basically suggest she find a 50/50 asset allocation fund for most of our holdings, and gave her the tickers of a few candidates in each account.

 

[Urchina]

I am an average investor, which is why it's index funds all the way, baby!

Where I really shine is risk tolerance. We have a very aggressive stocks allocation and I never lose sleep over it.