Investing - Theory, News & General • A time to EVALUATE your jitters

Wow. This post was started 15 years ago, long before I joined the forum. It strikes me that "evaluating one's jitters" is more philosophical than actionable, so I'm surprised it continues. Apparently, I have no jitters because I have always been nearly 100% equities. It worked out well for me.

I'm not so sure about that.
To me, evaluating your jitters is a way to understand your own risk level, and the action that leads to calming those jitters is education.
Just in the past couple months of reading here and whitecoat investor I have learned a lot, enough to calm my own jitters and better understand the level of risk I can, and am willing, to take while investing my future retirement.

Statistics: Posted by EM2 — Wed May 13, 2026 12:12 am — Replies 1745 — Views 1166966

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