re: How did you get into the stock market?

My parents have always had stock- mostly mutual funds, but Mom inherited 1600 shares of XOM. Dad has a small pension from Arkla gas, and a ton in mutual funds. I learned about mutual funds and retirement from him, but I learned how to trade, what to buy/sell from here. Our portfolio was ‘ok’, but mostly flat since I opened it in 2015. I learned from TD that ‘buy and hold’ isn’t always the best- I learned that you can self manage and save the fees from Edward Jones if you can do a little research. And so far, I’m better off