Being a small retail investor and hobbyist blogger (not yet an author) myself, it's kind of dawn on me that there are one striking commonality between retail investor and author.
Want to make a wild guess yourself? ;-)
Minimally, I can relate these two roles on two aspects :
1. Both Author and Retail Investor are on our own:
For author : they create the plot/storyline by themselves (with the helps of some personal experience or other people's works)
For retail investor : they create their portfolio by themselves (with the helps of some "insider" news or other people's analysis)
2. Both Author and Retail Investor are uncertain about their work:
For author : Regardless of how good they think their work (book) is, there is no guarantee that it will sell!
For retail investor :Regardless of how good they think their work (selection of stocks) is, there is no guarantee that it ...
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