I was left £50 when I was ten by a fairly distant cousin, which my father invested in GEC shares on my behalf. I became interested in the market and was given some more shares by my father, which is when I began looking to see how the shares were performing and learning how to read company reports, balance sheets, and so on in order to gauge that.

I've never put all my eggs in one basket, and I've always been cautious.

I went into investments out of interest and thought I knew a little. The longer I've been involved, the less I realise I'd known.

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