Quite a cliched statement which compares the growth of a child to one’s investments.
Nevertheless…
The stages most forget are these….
_Just Born_ starting to invest
_Infant_ getting adjusted to the investing process
_Baby_ highly dependent & does nothing but eat (earn), sleep (doing nothing after investing) & play (enjoying the process of investing)
_Boy / Girl stage_ serious work & play starts as in serious accumulation of savings & investments
_Teens_ the *volatility* stage but we need to let the phase pass through. It will, eventually.
_Grown up Adult_ into the best phase of *compounding growth*. All that has been accumulated & stayed out throught the 20 to 25 year period starts to deliver the best results.
Don’t we know these phases ??
Yes, we all know and we’ve gone through them.
Then, why do we still keep getting panicked about every fall that an investment child is taking.
No worries.
_Invest_
_Keep track_
_Review_
_Let it grow_