At what age did you start dabbling in the share market?

[dingoNZ]

Just curious as to what age everyone started investing?

[BFG]

Started at 23 with what little money I had. Now 28 and I dare not dream of how big it will be in the next 5 years!

[Jantar]

Started with 100 shares in Waitaki/NZR at the age of 24. Built that up overthe years so that by 1987 I had bought my first brand new car, colour TV etc, then lost close to $10,000 in the october 1987 crash. Sold what few shares I had remaining about 15 years ago to buy the property we are now in.

Started buying shares once again with the Meridian IPO.

[brend]

25 - all money tied up in property by got into the market by leveraging over them.

[Latama]

22 - mid 2013. Just been working on building my portfolio since then; still early days and lots to learn.

[Antipodean]

Last year - 28 - is when I went in. Had been eyeing up/reading for about a year before that. Looking forward to the ride now I'm on board.

[robbo24]

I don't fit into your options above but as a 13 year old I bought into the Auckland Airport IPO

[baller18]

I don't fit into your options above but as a 13 year old I bought into the Auckland Airport IPO

Damn at the age of 13? When kids were still into pokemon, you were into sharesu?
Far out! Good on you!

[silu]

I was 24 and my first two purchases were Cultus Petroleum and Fletcher Paper.

[Te Whetu]

18, started in my first year out of school (2003)... Took a year off from education and then University in 2004.

First investments were 42 Below and Nuplex. Added Metlifecare, Warehouse Group and Sky City shortly after.

A few ups and downs, but overall a very good 12+ years to be in the market

EDIT:
Got out of WHS in 2006... that was a good decision :P
Was still in NPX when it went to the wall, so lost a bit there. However, invested heavily when it was refinancing so made a bunch on the bounce back.
FTB I did well out of (purchased ~30-35 cents), got out at ~50 cents prior to the takeover offer...
MET, out around the time of the takeover offer, albeit not in the offer itself.
SKC, out in 2006, did okay.
Initial investment into each of these companies was <$1,000 ... so defiantly started small.