I'll agree with that, we tend to do that. It's just the human way I suppose.

I think controlling emotions is where the successful are separated from the unsuccessful. Successful investing is more about discipline than knowledge.

That's awesome! The earlier, the better...

Thanks, Ayelet! I think people overcomplicate investing, often to the point of not doing it at all. Index funds are a great way to get started. From there, if you find interest in individual stocks, I would recommend it more for the fun or the game, than for the return. You can definitely profit from individual stocks, but when you consider the amount of time you must spend to do so, index funds make more sense mathematically.

Thanks for the comment, Nick! Over the long term, index funds are the easiest, least time-consuming option for investing and they tend to outperform actively trading or active mutual funds. I prefer to spend my time making more money to pour into index funds vs trying to pick winning stocks.