VenCapt

Experience broadens your perspective and boosts your confidence. It is helpful to remember that the stock market fluctuates and to have lived that experience rather than simply reading about it as a fairy tale. It's useful to remember that when we hear about the largest drop in history, our first instinct is to act—do something! Anything!—before considering it deeply (or maybe even doing some study). Experience might help reduce some of the aforementioned investing prejudices.