I'ts an honest question. I used to think, Im an investor when my investment total return is higher then my yearly wage. I still dont consider myself an Investor. Im also still pretty far from that goal. That will not stop me from twiddling my mustache as I look at my 7 shares of $BLK ..... I also own in large part Just indexes ($XEQT and $VEQT) I dont nessisarally think that makes me an investor as much as it just makes me a market participant. So today as I sit in a 1.5 foot tall crawl space doing sheet metal beside my new homie Fred the spider..... I have a hard time saying "Im an investor". At what point would you be proud to call yourself an "investor" to your friends?
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Luis @luiyo · 5h
The definition of "investor" is a person that puts money into a financial venture, business property or security with the expectation of making a profit or interest. So anyone putting money in the stock market is, by definition, an investor.
Gerald @aetos · 2h
Thw first dollar that went into the market made me an investor because most folks have $0 dollars in a brokerage.
Nicholas @nicholaslovesgold · 4h
I think once you start thinking about what stock you're going to buy instead of what new toy you're going to buy is when you start being an investor. I don't know if I would put a monetary threshold on it, more like a mindset.
Nathan @setao · 5h
With the amount of people my age (25-30) I personally know that DONT invest, I’d consider anybody with even a dollar invested to be an investor. Something like half of Canadians have a TFSA, and among those, only more than half of again own a single share of a company. (My numbers are probably off quite I’m at work typing this out 😂)
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