Too Long; Didn't Read
<span>2017</span> was my best <a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/investing" target="_blank">investing</a> year ever. But it did not come easy. I started investing at 19-years-old when I had about $5,000 to my name. I remember trying to buy bank stocks during the Financial Crisis and nearly getting wiped out. I lost huge chunks of my personal savings several times in my early twenties. But while that sounds terrible, I’m here to tell you I lived the best investing lesson ever — make your biggest losses when you have the least amount of money.