Is I was not born rich. See, I make the right moves but just not with enough magnification. On May 9th I bought a share in Google. One. So far, over ten weeks it is up 19%. If I had started with a million shares, I could retire today on just that decision made ten weeks ago. That is what bugs me about me.
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Ben - July 21, 2005 9:00 AM
Ah, but if you could afford a million shares, you'd already be able to retire...
James - July 21, 2005 9:05 AM
But you'd get greedy and would'nt want to sell. Remember Nortel?
I'm up over 10% so far this year on a broad set of investments I've been building. Alas I can't retire early either yet... *sigh*
Unfortunately it takes money to make money.... it's the building the money part that just takes too darn long!
Alan - July 21, 2005 9:28 AM
I bought Nortel at like 1.20 and sold at 4 once. That was sweet. Then I spent it on moving expenses - yeah!!!
Cyn - July 21, 2005 11:01 AM
Nortel is still a bad word for me. Thousands of dollars down the tubes, never to be seen again.
Alan - July 21, 2005 12:24 PM
Buy breweries. Historical low now. Buy breweries with after tax profit of 50%. They are out there.
Nils - July 21, 2005 1:19 PM
That's not even in the top three of things that bug me about you.
Alan - July 21, 2005 1:20 PM
Well, seeing as this is not about your feelings but mine we can leave that to another day.
'nee - July 21, 2005 8:09 PM
Aah, grown-ups! Must be nice. I'm still at the point of paying off loans, but <I>faster</I> - I "save money" by not paying more interest! It's beautiful, but somehow I don't have any more money as a result of saving some...
I wonder what the bank does with all that money I give them every month... They probably buy Google.
Alan - July 21, 2005 8:58 PM
They loan it to me to buy consumer indurables.
Nils - July 21, 2005 9:04 PM
You knew I was havin' ya on, right?
Alan - July 21, 2005 9:37 PM
You blinked. iwiniwiniwiniwiniwiniwiniwiniwiniwiniwiniwiniwiniwin!!!
Nils - July 22, 2005 2:50 PM
Now THAT lil quality IS in the top three.