How does your relationship with risk affect the way you invest? Emma Grede and investor Rebecca Patterson join Liz Thomas to talk about money, risk-taking, and the experiences that shape the investors we become.
Recorded live from SoFi’s first-ever Smart Money Social Club, entrepreneur Emma Grede and globally recognized investor Rebecca Patterson join Liz Thomas for a candid conversation about how taking risks can shape your relationship with money and investing.
Emma shares how growing up in a working-class household shaped her relationship with money and why being underpaid and undervalued ultimately pushed her to start her first business at 24. Rebecca reflects on building a career in finance while still having to learn how to manage and invest her own money. She explains how years of investing professionally changed the way she thinks about risk in her own portfolio — and why getting started earlier can make such a meaningful difference over time.
Liz also introduces SoFi’s Investor Personality Quiz, which looks at how you approach risk and make financial decisions. Emma considers herself a risk seeker. Rebecca lands closer to the middle. And both reveal how their own experiences have shaped the way they invest.
So, what’s your Investing Personality? Take SoFi’s Investor Personality Quiz to explore how your natural tendencies may influence the way you make investing decisions: https://www.sofi.com/invest/investor-personality-quiz/
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