Today, we share the story of how I lost 50% on the first time I invested money in stocks and struggle that dealt with it within 6 months.
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Today, I want to tell you the story of how I lost 50% within 6 months the first time I invested.
Why?
Because the more I help and teach people value investing the more I see that anyone can learn the techniques, terms, and valuations. The main specialty of value investing comes from having the proper value investing mindset and believing you can become a great investor.
Let’s get to it
How I Lost 50% Within 6 Months On The First Time I Invested
Here are some of the things about in 29 – the minute video above:
- What got me into investing
- Why I struggled massively
- Why I wasted 3 or 4 years of time
- What I invested in at first
- How I lost 50% of the money on my first set of investments
- What this led to
- And more…
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What was your first investment experience like? What did you struggle with most when you started? Were there times you almost gave up? I’d love to hear your comments and stories on these in the comments below.
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