[junippor]

> analyzed companies/special situations, and created financial models in order to invest my savings

You say you "analyzed" and "created financial models". But did you actually put money into it? And if so, did you make money?

[backtoswdev15]

Yes, I made my investment decisions based on that work, though not from the beginning. My first "investments" were of the kind: ah, stock XY dropped by 50% in a day, it must be cheap now.

I made some money, otherwise my savings wouldn't have lasted so long. But I failed to make enough to make it sustainable.

[junippor]

That's reasonably impressive.