Yes, I like to think of it as an alternative to playing the lottery! Later in my career I became a pension trustee for my company’s pension fund, and learnt about investments. Although I’m far from a mathematical genius, I was incredibly interested in which investments grew, and the trade-off between risk and growth.
Although I have a fairly cautious approach to investing (approx. 80% is in what I’d class as standard funds) I do allow myself to pick a few shares and track how they perform. Obviously I’d been lucky with Amazon shares, but have also done well with others such as Tesla which I bought at $20 and sold when they were about $300. I’ve nursed a few losses too, but I can live with that, overall, they’ve performed well.
