Caution, not greed, should be the investor watchword

I’m wired with a ‘glass half-full’ mentality so you will normally find me looking for the positives in both life and business.

During the global financial crisis after 2008, that mindset was enormously challenged and was further tested after losing my job in 2012.

Luck, opportunity and support from those around me saw me gallop on again, helped by the remarkable recovery of fortunes in the Irish economy.