These columns are bizarre!  
A cynic might say they are just a platform to gloat about the size of a portfolio!
....I'm a conservative investor...I don't like to lose money...I started early, in fact I think I invested the first dollar I earned...I made a mistake once but it was not too bad and we survived the anxiety of a losing investment...the worst investment I ever made was buying a wasting asset that went down over the five years i drove it... 
They are all the same!