“Where investing as a hobby might be sensible is with a small amount of your assets that you can afford to lose, and that you can handle psychologically. Being under the illusion that diving into investing in a meaningful way will result in above average performance is dangerous and likely to end poorly based on historical studies.” 

David Schawel (@davidschawel) is the CIO of Family Management Corporation and is a veteran observer of the financial markets. Tadas got David on the phone to talk about a recent post of his entitled “Investing as a Hobby” where he writes about what a hobby is and why investing is likely not a worthwhile hobby for most. 

You can read more at David’s blog: https://medium.com/@DavidSchawel/investing-as-a-hobby-8d048d5d98bd

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