On this very Special International Women's  Day, I celebrate my ability for financial independence with a narration of my investment journey. I set my first investment goal at the tender and naive age of 17, when I aimed to marry a rich guy and to live happily ever after. Unsurprisingly, my Cinderella's dream was short lived.
Next was my nightmarish encounter with the Lehman Brothers stocks. With its collapse I faced the Biggest Challenge of my life with a sizable loss. That cri...