A huge boat or car can be viewed as being similar to someone buying the newest, biggest Ultra-HD TV while being on the dole, getting weekly checks from the government. I'm more conservative myself. If you have it and live very comfortable, buy it. If you don't have it... don't f%^ing spend it. There's also a quote from the Rock in the series Ballers... "If it flies, drives, floats or fucks... lease it!"
@vanzandt, narcissists usually don't really learn though and tend to blow up. Even though they will learn from mistakes, they're likely to do it again... (see marsman )
Ahhhh... maybe maybe not. You can't make blanket statements and assign stereotypes about anyone in any endeavor. One could be a HUGE narcissist, but be incredibly cautious when it comes to trading and investing. You think Marsman was a narcissist? I dunno. I think internet forums can be misleading. I think he's smart as all get out. And he has a need to emote. That does not necessarily a narcissist make. Where the rubber meets the road, we're all narcissists in our own way. Every one of my friends could be defined as a narcissist. Its egghead shrinks that try to quantify every personality trait and post their theories on youtube that folks like TEB fall for. Stupid imo. Who cares. Its like "shut up and trade".
I'd still rather deal with a narcissist than a sociopath. Then again, a narcissistic sociopath is a real handful.