/biz/ - Business & Finance

>Go visit dad for thanksgiving.
>he is living at my granfathers house taking care of him
> all his siblings have houses and families
> dad has no house, basically homeless if not for my grandpa
>my dad says "anon, my son take my life savings and invest it. It is all I have and my siblings will split the estate when Pepe passes"
>$6k
>put in in VTI december 1st
>it is down almost 10% already
>feel bad for my dad and add an extra $1k
>it is now at $6.6K
>christmas he asks how his savings is doing, show him a screenshot of the 6.6k
>"anon, son you are an investing genius"
T-thanks dad.